Akhilesh Yadav appeals against inviting certain religious storytellers to programmes

Lucknow, Nov5 (UNI) Samajwadi Party (SP) National President Akhilesh Yadav has appealed to organisers and sponsors of religious programmes not to invite certain religious storytellers, in an apparent reference to Dhirendra Shastri. In a lengthy post on social media on Thursday, Yadav, without naming anyone, criticised certain storytellers, alleging that they use religious platforms to make controversial remarks and gain cheap publicity. "Regarding such people, the government and administration, as well as organisers and sponsors of their programmes, are requested to stay away from these so-called storytellers," he wrote. He alleged that some individuals, despite presenting themselves as religious storytellers…