Earlier on Wednesday, BK Hariprasad, in his speech in the legislative council, claimed that Pakistan may be an enemy country for the BJP, but the Congress considers it as only a neighbouring country.
The city units of the Congress, Sena (UBT) and NCP-Sharadchandra Pawar came out in support of Nikhil Wagle and accused the BJP and allies of indulging in hooliganism after coming to power.
Singh was a Jat farm leader of UP, whose grandson Jayant Chaudhary heads RLD. The grandfather gained fame in 1958 for opposing the forced co-relativisation of farms. UP politics was dominated by upper castes in the 1950s. The ambitious Singh sought to change that by fair means or foul. He spearheaded the Aya Ram, Gaya Ram phase of politics when defectors kept bringing down governments for personal gain. Defections helped make him UP CM for brief periods in 1967-68 and 1970.
Journalist Nikhil Wagle's car was attacked in Pune on Friday allegedly by BJP workers for making defamatory remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and veteran leader LK Advani.