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Petition filed against Mulayam for making 'dictator-like' speech

Lucknow: A petition was filed in a Muzaffarnagar district court against Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Mulayam Singh Yadav for making "dictator-like" remarks during a Nov 1 speech.The petition seeks action against the Samajwadi Party chief

He also said that he was pained at the "one-sided rehabilitation packages being given to a community, while people across the society had suffered losses during the September riots".

His lawyer said that during the hearing Nov 27, he would request the court to summon the Samajwadi Party president.

The case has been lodged under sections 153 A (promoting enmity between different groups on ground of religion, race, place of birth, residence, language...), 504 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace), and 506 (punishment for criminal intimidation) of the Indian penal Code.