Lucknow, Feb. 12 -- Minister of state for stamp and registration Ravindra Jaiswal on Monday launched a scathing attack on the Congress and the Samajwadi Party (SP) for spreading lies about the Mahakumbh and the crowd terming them as anti-Sanatan.

"As many as 46 crore people have already visited the Mahakumbh because everyone wants to take a dip in the Sangam this time-an auspicious occasion that has come after 144 years," he said. "But the Opposition, especially SP and the Congress, are mocking people's faith by issuing irresponsible statements," he added.

Referring to UP Congress president Ajay Rai's remark in which he said that all managements in Varanasi had collapsed due to unmanaged crowd, Jaiswal said his statement resulted from d...