LUCKNOW, June 25 -- Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday condemned the alleged tonsuring of two Katha Vachaks (narrators 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 would start getting justice. The dominant people are constantly threatening, intimidating and insulting people of PDA family," Yadav alleged at a press conference at SP headquarters here. Referring to the Etawah incident, he alleged: "Some dominant people want to maintain their monopoly over Bhagwat Katha and have turned it into a business. If they have so much aversion to the PDA, dominant people should declare that they will never accept the offerings and charity by the PDA family. Meanwhile, issuing a clarification on the Etawah incident, UP Police said, "It is to be informed that on 23.06.25 at 08:24 am, the social media team of the headquarters received a tweet through X, in which a video of the incident of cutting the hair of a storyteller was attached. Taking cognizance of the said tweet, police was immediately sent to Etawah district for necessary action." "The ASP (rural) and the CO Bharthana immediately went to the spot and it was found that on 21.06.2025, a mass Bhagwat Katha was organised by the villagers in Dandarpur village. The villagers objected to the fact that Katha Vachak Mukut Mani of Etawah had declared himself as Brahmin before organising the Katha whereas he is a Yadav. On this issue, the villagers thrashed Katha Vachak Mukut Mani Yadav and his associate Sant Kumar Yadav, misbehaved with them and cut their hair," the UP Police said. "The local police identified the victim, obtained the complaint from the victim Sant Kumar Yadav and registered a case at Bakewar police station on 23-06-2025 at 15:00 hrs* FIR No. 169/2025 under Section 115(2)/309(2)/351(2)/352 BNSS. Four accused were identified and immediately arrested. Meanwhile, the National Humar Rights Commission on Tuesday took note of 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 and sent a notice to the SSP seeking detailed report of the incident and action taken against those responsible within 10 days....