LUCKNOW, Dec. 23 -- Newly appointed Uttar Pradesh BJP president Pankaj Chaudhary on Tuesday attacked the Samajwadi Party and Congress, accusing them of doing family-based politics. He assured BJP workers that he would take everyone along in the party.

Targeting the opposition, particularly the SP and Congress, in his first press conference since his appointment, Chaudhary said that for them PDA (Pichhda-Dalit-Alpsankhyak) actually stands for "Parivarik Dal Alliance" (family party alliance).

"All parties in the INDIA bloc, including the SP, Congress, RJD, and TMC, are controlled by a single family," he said.

Citing the opposition's family-centric approach, the UP BJP chief questioned why the Samajwadi Party did not make Azam Khan the ch...