"People Joining Samajwadi Party Do Riots": Minister After UP Defections
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Anurag Thakur's swipe came hours after Dara Singh Chauhan, for five years the Environment Minister in the Yogi Adityanath government, joined Akhilesh Yadav's party
Union Minister Anurag Thakur on Sunday took a swipe at political leaders joining Akhilesh Yadav's Samajwadi Party ahead of the election in Uttar Pradesh next month, calling them "rioters". #WATCH| People joining SP do riots, people joining BJP catch rioters. SP MLAs are either in jail or on bail, that's their original game. It's clear people with clean characters join BJP, & rioters including many with blood-covered hands join SP: Union Min Anurag Thakur in Lucknow pic.twitter.com/ceMHG9Wx9z
"Those who 'do' riots join Samajwadi Party, those who catch rioters join BJP... people with clean characters join BJP... and rioters with blood-covered hands join Samajwadi Party," he was quoted as saying by news agency ANI at the induction of former Kanpur Police Commissioner Asim Arun.
His comment came hours after ex-BJP MLA Dara Singh Chauhan, for five years the Environment Minister in the Yogi Adityanath government, was welcomed into Mr Yadav's outfit.
