UP's KP Maurya, Akhilesh Yadav Trade Barbs Over Gorarkhpur Temple Attack
NDTV
The remarks come a day after Akhilesh Yadav said that the Gorakhpur temple attacker had "psychiatric problems and bipolar issues".
Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya on Thursday accused the Samajwadi Party of downplaying the recent attack at a temple premises and alleged that its chief Akhilesh Yadav was practising politics of "Muslim appeasement".
Mr Maurya's allegation against Mr Yadav comes a day after he said that the attacker had "psychiatric problems and bipolar issues" and that the BJP was giving it "undue importance" and making a "mountain out of a molehill".
"Whether the Gorakhnath temple attacker is a terrorist or a criminal will be decided by the investigating team on the basis of investigation and facts. But the politics of Muslim appeasement has made Akhilesh Yadav's statement a mockery of the public security. The SP will not decide who a terrorist or a criminal is," Mr Maurya said in a Hindi tweet.
He also used hashtag "#sapa_matlab_apradh_atank_ka_sath" (SP means standing with crime and terrorism) with his tweet to corner the SP chief.
