Samajwadi Party Meets Top Cop, Demands FIR Over Defamatory Posters of Akhilesh Yadav
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A major political controversy has flared up in Varanasi after derogatory and objectionable posters targeting Samajwadi Party national president and former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav surfaced across key public thoroughfares. Enraged by what they termed a calculated malicious campaign to tarnish their party chief's public standing, an SP delegation led by senior advocate Raju Yadav marched to the Varanasi Police Commissioner's office on Tuesday to submit a formal memorandum. The party leadership demanded an immediate First Information Report (FIR), a comprehensive forensic scan of surveillance cameras, and the arrest of the individuals, printers, and political patrons orchestrating the display across prime urban junctions.
High-Traffic Display Across Pandeypur and Sigra: SP Demands Rigorous CCTV Investigation
The controversial material was prominently pasted near the busy Pandeypur Overbridge and within the close vicinity of the Sigra police station, directly flouting public decorum and municipal guidelines. Addressing the media, Advocate Raju Yadav underscored that while ideological dissent remains an integral pillar of democratic debate, resorting to vulgar personal smearing violates healthy political conventions. Calling out rival factions unnerved by Akhilesh Yadav's expanding political footprint, the delegation insisted that local police must not stop at merely pulling down the posters, but actively seize CCTV footage along the transit corridors to map out the entire operational chain—from designers and printing press units to the ground couriers who mounted them under the cover of darkness.
Mass Agitation Warning: Samajwadi Leaders Call for Equal Enforcement of Law
Reinforcing the party's firm stance, SP leader Atul Srivastava stressed that the rule of law must be applied uniformly without partisan bias, cautioning that power circles cannot be granted immunity for conducting derogatory public campaigns against opposition figures. He affirmed that while party cadres possess the grassroots organizational strength to deliver an identical retort, they choose constitutional restraint and democratic traditions. Warning the district administration of a state-wide mass agitation if authorities fail to initiate prompt and transparent legal proceedings, the delegation pressed for decisive action. The memorandum submission saw the presence of several senior leaders, legal functionaries, and former corporators, including Atul Srivastava, Advocate Vikas Yadav, Deepchand Gupta, Advocate Santosh Yadav, Advocate Mithlesh Sahni, Manoj Yadav, Advocate Vibhav Shankar Tiwari, Neeraj Mandani, Advocate Bhanu Pratap Seth, Babu Khan, Himanshu Yadav, and former councillor Suraj Yadav.
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