# Yogi Adityanath attacks SP over changing stances on PDA 2026-08-21T16:34:29+00:00 | Politics | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday sharply criticised the Samajwadi Party, saying its leaders change their stance frequently and cannot be trusted. Speaking at the Hindu Gaurav Diwas event in Lucknow to mark the fifth death anniversary of former chief minister Kalyan Singh, he said the party's 'P' in PDA (Pichhda, Dalit, Alpsankhyak) once stood for backwards and later became Pandit, warning that one day they may define 'P' as Pakistan. Adityanath also accused SP chief Akhilesh Yadav of not paying tribute to Kalyan Singh, calling it an insult to Hindus. He praised Kalyan Singh's role in the Ram Janmabhoomi movement and said he refused to fire on Ram devotees even at the cost of losing power. The CM also alleged that SP governments removed Dr B R Ambedkar's name from a medical college in Kannauj and Ahilyabai Holkar's name from a college in Mainpuri, which the BJP later restored. ## Indian Opinion Analysis The attack comes as the SP pushes its PDA formula to consolidate backward, Dalit and minority votes ahead of the 2027 UP assembly election. Adityanath is trying to frame the SP as unreliable on Hindu identity, a theme that helped the BJP win the 2022 election. Kalyan Singh, a former BJP chief minister, is revered by the party for his role in the Babri Masjid demolition in 1992. The SP and BSP have traditionally courted the OBC and Dalit vote, but Adityanath is attempting to peel away Hindu OBCs by linking the SP to disrespecting icons like Kalyan Singh and Ambedkar. The next signal will be whether the SP issues a rebuttal or counter-programming around the Ram temple consecration anniversary in January. ## Coverage - hindustantimes.com Leads with and amplifies CM's attack on SP without any counterpoint or SP response This story was synthesised by AI from the source linked above. Tags: Kalyan Singh, Ram Janmabhoomi, Samajwadi Party, Uttar Pradesh, Yogi Adityanath Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/yogi-adityanath-attacks-sp-over-changing-stances-on-pda/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/yogi-adityanath-attacks-sp-over-changing-stances-on-pda/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes. How this brief was made: an AI model read the report linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/