Archive · 5 Aug 2026
Akhilesh courts Brahmins, says PDA includes Pandits
A man named Akhilesh Yadav leads a political party called the Samajwadi Party in Uttar Pradesh, a big state in India.
He gave a speech at a meeting of people from the Brahmin community.
Brahmins are a group in Indian society, and Pandits are religious teachers from this group.
He said his special word, PDA, also includes Pandits.
He said the state government is being unfair to Brahmins, opposition workers, and religious leaders.
He spoke about a religious leader who was stopped from taking a holy bath and had a false case filed against him.
He also said the government does not honor a former prime minister named Atal Bihari Vajpayee well enough.
He said the government leaks exam papers on purpose so young people cannot get jobs.
He promised that if his party wins, he will create lots of jobs for young people in a new Uttar Pradesh.
Akhilesh Yadav addressed a Brahmin Sammelan at the SP state headquarters in Lucknow on Janeshwar Mishra's birth anniversary.
Yadav asserted that 'PD' in PDA also stands for Pandit, saying 'the more they inflict pain, the stronger PDA will become'.
He accused the BJP-led Uttar Pradesh government of targeting opposition workers, Brahmins, and religious leaders, including Shankaracharya Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati.
Yadav alleged the government denied permission to hold the event at Janeshwar Mishra Park in Gomti Nagar, forcing it to the party office.
He accused the BJP of neglecting Atal Bihari Vajpayee's legacy and claimed exam papers are deliberately leaked to deny jobs to the youth.
Yadav promised that a Samajwadi government would build a 'new Uttar Pradesh' and generate enough jobs so no young person suffers in search of work.
- Who
- Akhilesh Yadav, president of the Samajwadi Party and former Uttar Pradesh chief minister
- What
- Addressed a Brahmin Sammelan, asserting that 'PDA' includes Pandits and accusing the BJP-led state government of targeting opposition workers, Brahmins, and religious leaders
- When
- Wednesday, August 5, 2026, on the birth anniversary of late socialist leader Janeshwar Mishra
- Where
- Samajwadi Party state headquarters in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
- Why
- To reach out to the Brahmin community and criticise the ruling BJP government's record on jobs, religious institutions, and Vajpayee's legacy
Akhilesh Yadav / Samajwadi Party
BJP / UP government and critics
Meaning of PDA
Akhilesh Yadav / Samajwadi Party
PDA includes Pandits because the 'PD' also stands for Pandit; those who lost to PDA are trying to redefine it, but pain inflicted on them will only strengthen PDA.
BJP / UP government and critics
The BJP and its critics keep inventing new definitions of PDA, a term coined by Yadav in the 2022 assembly elections, and dispute Yadav's expanded interpretation.
Treatment of religious leaders
Akhilesh Yadav / Samajwadi Party
The state government targeted the Brahmin community and insulted religious institutions, prevented a Shankaracharya from taking a holy dip during the Kumbh congregation, misbehaved with his disciples, and filed a false POCSO case to intimidate him.
BJP / UP government and critics
The Shankaracharya's dispute was with the organisers of the Magh Mela in Prayagraj, who he accused of preventing him from taking a bath on Mauni Amavasya.
Unemployment and exam leaks
Akhilesh Yadav / Samajwadi Party
The government deliberately gets examination papers leaked so that it does not have to provide employment to young people.
BJP / UP government and critics
Youths in Delhi have protested against the BJP, teaching the party a lesson, and the party is nervous about public anger as elections approach.
- Speaker
- Akhilesh Yadav
- Party
- Samajwadi Party
- Event
- Brahmin Sammelan
- Occasion
- Birth anniversary of Janeshwar Mishra
- Location
- SP state headquarters, Lucknow
- Date
- August 5, 2026
- PDA meaning
- Picchda (backwards), Dalits, Alpsankhyak (minorities)
- Key figure referenced
- Shankaracharya Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati
