Akhilesh Yadav Mocks BJP Rift, Maurya Hits Back

Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav has criticized the BJP over an alleged internal rift, calling Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya a 'pawn'. Maurya retaliated by branding Yadav a 'Congress pawn'. Yadav also targeted the Yogi Adityanath government for its corruption, questioning its zero-tolerance policy.

Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav on Friday criticized the BJP, alluding to an internal rift within the party by referring to Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya as a 'pawn'.

Maurya responded to Yadav's jabs by calling him a 'Congress pawn', escalating the war of words.

Yadav, who spoke at the unveiling of a 'Samvidhan-Manstambh' at SP headquarters, also questioned the Yogi Adityanath government's claimed zero-tolerance stance on corruption. He commented on recent allegations of corruption involving state officials, despite a subsequent retraction.

(With inputs from agencies.)