On the occasion of party founder Kanshi Ram's death anniversary, BSP supremo Mayawati praised UP CM Yogi Adityanath and criticised the SP. She said, "We're grateful to the [Yogi government] because, unlike the SP government, the money collected from the people visiting [Kanshi Ram Memorial] hasn't been suppressed by...BJP government." She accused SP chief Akhilesh Yadav of "double standards".