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New Delhi, Mar 24: Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav on Monday allegedly threatened a senior lady official of Mainpuri district, Uttar Pradesh, asking her to mend ways within a week or else he would register a complaint against her with the Election Commission.

Following the SP chief's comment on the lady district magistrate, BJP spokesperson Prakash Javadekar said that the Election Commission should take action and cannot have dual standards. Javadekar added that EC was hyperactive against Varun Gandhi and is not taking action against Mulayam Singh, according to Times Now.

He said, "EC is duty bound to take suo moto action. Mulayam is not only threatening the DM, but also talks about her being a woman. By saying this he has said too much. He says it in a derogatory way, which is not just threatening the government but the election machinery also."

Earlier, Mulayam Singh, while addressing an election meeting in Mainpuri, had said, "Being a woman, I respect her and am restraining myself and not using harsh words against her. She should mend her ways within a week or I will make a complaint against her with the Election Commission", PTI reported.

Yadav alleged the way in which the DM (who is also district election officer) was cancelling arms licences had created an atmosphere of terror in the district. The SP workers have accused her of being partial and confiscating their gun licences.

"This is also affecting my elections and it is not tolerable", he said. "She has lost her sense to discriminate between a criminal and a common man. She should get her head checked", Yadav had said angrily.