LUCKNOW, June 24 -- Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday condemned the alleged tonsuring of two Katha Vachaks (narrator of holy texts) by a group of upper caste men in Etawah district's Dandarpur village on Sunday night, alleging the ruling party has a mindset against backwards and Dalits.

"The BJP government is undemocratic and heartless. It supports every undemocratic act. If the government were to follow the Constitution and its preamble, then poor people living in villages, people from PDA -- 'pichchde' or backward, Dalit and 'alpsankhyak' or minorities families would start getting justice. The dominant people are constantly threatening and intimidating the people of the PDA family. They are insulting them," Yadav alleged ...