Defiant Mulayam hits out at US - Times of India

LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh's ruling Samajwadi Party (SP) leaders on Thursday continued to be defiant over rising crimes against women in the state and their insensitive remarks over them.

SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav accused the media of singling out Uttar Pradesh when reporters asked him about the criticism of the UN and the US over rape cases in the state. "Now, will another country tell us what to do?" he asked outside the parliament.

He said UP is a big state of 21 crore people while Delhi is facing problems with a population of only two crore. He had a day earlier snubbed the media saying: "You do your work and let us do our work."

Mulayam 's brother and state minister, Shivpal Singh Yadav, echoed him in Etawah. He criticized the media for blowing things out of proportion selectively in his state. "UP is a big state but when compared, the incidents of crime and rape in other states are more.''

MP and Mulayam's nephew, Akshay Yadav, defended his party saying crimes had gone down compared to previous Mayawati government. He said the SP government is taking strict action while cases were not even registered during Mayawati's rule.