Lucknow, Nov 21 (PTI) Samajwadi Party supremo Akhilesh Yadav on Friday alleged that the ongoing demolition in Varanasi’s historic Dal Mandi area is a “political demolition” carried out by the BJP government to weaken its opponents, and demanded that the exercise be stopped immediately.

Addressing a press conference here, Yadav, flanked by party leaders from Chandauli and Varanasi as well as several traders from Dal Mandi, said the government’s claim of heritage enhancement was “misleading” and that the widening drive was aimed at targeting a market that “does not vote for the BJP”.

“This is not a heritage plan, this is a political demolition. They are doing this because they cannot win in that area. They want to scare people, divide communities, and use state power to silence traders,” Y

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