LUCKNOW, May 2 -- A day after a poster was put up outside Samajwadi Party office here, featuring the split faces of party chief Akhilesh Yadav and Dr BR Ambedkar, the SP president on Thursday asked his party workers and supporters to not draw comparisons between its leaders and national icons.

Addressing a press conference in Lucknow, Yadav said, "We express our heartfelt gratitude to all our supporters and party workers for their love, affection and dedication. However, we also make a very sensitive appeal that no party leader should ever be compared to or equated with any divine and venerable personality in any context."

He also cautioned them against creating or circulating any images, idols, songs or statements that suggest such com...