Samajwadi Party attacks Gadkari on Afzal remark

Allahabad, July 10: Attacking BJP President Nitin Gadkari for his controversial remarks against Congress over the delay in hanging death row convict Afzal Guru, Samajwadi Party today said they could be expected only from someone who had lost his mental balance.

“It (Gadkari’s remark) was highly unfortunate. One can expect such utterances only from someone who has lost his mental equilibrium and not from the national president of a major political party” senior Samajwadi Party leader and Lok Sabha member Kunwar Reoti Raman Singh told reporters here.

“Gadkari’s remark are a reflection upon the BJP’s politics of hate and the party’s disregard for democratic norms and decorum in public life.

–Agencies