"How Many Cases Against You Withdrawn?" Akhilesh Yadav To Yogi Adityanath

Akhilesh Yadav tried to corner the state government over the recent murders of Umesh Pal, gangster Atiq Ahmad and his brother Ashraf.

Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday hit back at Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath for accusing the pre-2017 governments of "creating riots", and said he should tell how many cases pending against him were "withdrawn" by his own administration and if they "related to riots".

Addressing a press conference in Lucknow ahead of the urban body polls next month, he launched a scathing attack on the BJP over "corruption" in municipal bodies, alleged lack of development, waterlogging, encroachment and other civic problems.

Mr Yadav, who was accompanied by SP's mayoral candidate for Lucknow Vandana Mishra, tried to corner the state government over the recent murders of Umesh Pal, mafia-politician Atiq Ahmad and his brother Ashraf in Prayagraj, asking "who is responsible" for these incidents.

He released a booklet of appeal to voters, making a raft of promises like an urban employment guarantee scheme on the lines of MGNREGS, opening Samajwadi canteens and grocery stores, yoga centres and making gaushalas self-sufficient. He also promised a 'Nagar Bharti Samman' to reward good works in urban areas.