LUCKNOW, March 18 -- Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Monday said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) should read history about Swami Vivekanand and other great men and scholars who always taught us universal acceptance and tolerance.

He also alleged that all religious places were facing danger from the ruling party. Talking to reporters after attending an Iftar party hosted by SP spokesperson Fakhrul Hasan Chand at a city hotel, Yadav said, "I want to congratulate our party workers who have invited people from all religions for Iftar. This is our Ganga Jamuni culture"

On a question over Sambhal police not giving permission for a fair held in the memory of invader Mahmud Ghaznavi's military commander Syed Salar Masud Ghazi, he said:...