Union minister of information and broadcasting Anurag Thakur on Saturday alleged that the Samajwadi Party (SP) has links with the 2008 Ahmedabad serial blast case and also gave protection to terrorists. The allegations come a day ahead of the third phase of the Uttar Pradesh elections, when the fate of SP chief Akhilesh Yadav, who is making his assembly poll debut from the Karhal constituency, will be sealed.