LUCKNOW: UP's minister of state for primary education, Vijay Bahadur Singh, issued an open threat to journalists in the state for giving 'bad press to the government'. Addressing a gathering at the closing ceremony of the Samajwadi cycle rally in Kannauj on Wednesday, Pal said that journalists talk of free of press but they should not forget that the "Samajwadis can show them their place".

"Kuch patrakar samajhte hain ki patrakarita ki talwar se hauwa paida kardenge...woh nahin jaante ki hum samajwadi hain...agar humein gussa aa gaya to halla bol denge...auquat yaad aa jayegi" (Some journalists think that they can frighten us through their writings. They don't know if Samajwadis get enraged, they will be cut to size)," Pal said addressing party workers in the parliamentary constituency of Dimple Yadav.