LUCKNOW, Dec. 30 -- Attacking the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday alleged that BJP members were corrupt and "openly disregarded" the reservation system provided under the Constitution.

In a statement, Yadav accused the BJP of being opposed to the PDA -- Pichhda (backward classes), Dalit and Alpsankhyak (minorities) -- and of deliberately depriving them of their constitutional reservation rights. He alleged that the BJP viewed OBCs, Dalits, minorities and women as second-class citizens.

"The venom of discrimination that fills the minds of the dominant BJP members manifests itself at times in violence, exploitation, oppression, and untouchability against the PDA, and other times in th...