2 min readUpdated: Apr 15, 2026 05:49 AM ISTSP chief Akhilesh YadavSamajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday said that BJP’s move of washing chief minister residence with Gangajal in Lucknow after he vacated the house in March 2017, was similar to BR Ambedkar’s insult in Maharashtra’s Chavdar lake where the Dalit icon was assaulted by feudal forces for drinking water from a waterbody.In an appeal to people belonging to PDA (Pichhde, dalits and minorities) issued on Ambedkar’s birth anniversary, Yadav said the entire nation knows about the incident that happened at Chavdar lake in Maharashtra. “Feudal people (samantvadi) had beaten Baba Saheb and his people with canes for drinking water from a talab (waterbody) where generally cattle of the elite section used to drink water,” Yadav said.He added, “That incident of Baba Saheb’s insult in Maharashtra had happened on March 20, 1927. After 90 years of that incident, a similar insulting incident happened to me on March 20, 2017. When I vacated the chief minister’s residence on March 20, 2017, BJP people get the CM residence washed with Gangajal because a person of PDA community had been living there,” former chief minister said in the appeal and added that mindset of feudal people has not changed even after so many year of insult of Baba Saheb.BJP came to power in UP in March 2017, defeating SP.Stay updated with the latest - Click here to follow us on Instagram© The Indian Express Pvt LtdTags:Akhilesh YadavlucknowAdvertisementLoading Recommendations...Apr 15: Latest News01Heart specialist shares case of 37-year-old man who, despite running 5 km every day, eating no junk, needed two stents: ‘If your father/uncle had…’02Why AFI wants to vet athletes’ contracts with sponsors0313 killed, 20 injured in boiler blast at Vedanta plant in Chhattisgarh04Amendment to Nari Shakti Vandan Act: BJP’s women cadre ready to contest next Lok Sabha polls in Pune, says Medha Kulkarni05Disney to eliminate 1,000 positions