The Samajwadi Party government has issued directives to all the district magistrates and police chiefs to withdraw cases against party workers lodged in previous regimes. "Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav has given recognition to the devotion of party workers. All the district magistrates and SPs have been asked to expedite procedure to withdraw cases lodged against them," party spokesman Rajendra Chowdhury said in a press release issued in Lucknow.