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UP BJP protest against SP's posters comparing Akhilesh with Dr Ambedkar

Lucknow, Apr 30 (UNI) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers held protests across Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday to protest against the insult of Baba Saheb Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar by removing half of his face and adding the face of its chief Akhilesh Yadav in its posters and hoardings.
In the state capital Lucknow the protest was held in front of the statue of Baba Saheb Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar located at Atal Chowk, Hazratganj. Workers staged protests at all the district headquarters in front of the statue of Baba Saheb Dr Ambedkar and protested against the insult of Baba Saheb by SP chief Akhilesh.
During protest in Lucknow, BJP's state president Bhupendra Singh Chaudhary said that Bharat Ratna Baba Saheb Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar struggled all his life for education, equality and constitutional values. "But SP chief Akhilesh, who has been doing only nepotism politics in his entire life, is daring to stand equal to Baba Saheb," he said.
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