Lucknow, Dec. 16 -- Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya has launched a scathing attack on the Samajwadi Party and its national president Akhilesh Yadav.

He said that the so-called PDA (Backward, Dalit, Minority) model being promoted by the Samajwadi Party neither exists on the ground nor has any credible acceptance among the public. It is merely an attempt to spread political confusion, which the public has already rejected.

In a post on his social media account on Tuesday, Maurya said that the Samajwadi Party has still not broken free from its old character.

"In the name of workers, the SP has the same gang of thugs, mafia, and criminals who, while in power, disrupted law and order in the state. The public has not f...