SP leader Sanatan Pandey claims firing was necessary to ‘save the Constitution’; BJP targets Akhilesh

SP leader Sanatan Pandey claims firing was necessary to ‘save the Constitution’; BJP targets Akhilesh

Ahead of the 2027 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, the 1990 Ayodhya firing incident has once again taken center stage in political discourse. Defending the decision of the then-Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav to order firing on *kar sevaks*, Samajwadi Party MP Sanatan Pandey stated that the action was necessary to uphold the Constitution and avert a potential civil war. The BJP has seized upon this statement to attack the Samajwadi Party, framing it as evidence of an anti-Hindu mindset and a policy of Muslim appeasement. Meanwhile, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has already demanded that Akhilesh Yadav issue an apology for the 1990 incident.