Akhilesh Yadav Sparks Controversy, says 'No Difference Between Hindu Seers and Mafias'

Lucknow: In a shocking comparison, Samajwadi Party President Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday made controversial remarks saying that there is absolutely no difference between Hindu Seers and criminal mafia. 

Addressing a press conference in Lucknow over the recent encounter of Mangesh Yadav, in Sultanpur, Akhilesh Yadav said, “There is no person who does not know that under the Bharatiya Janata Party government, fake encounters are taking place, murders are being committed. BJP has done so many fake encounters that it has made Uttar Pradesh the capital of fake encounters…Mathdeeshon aur mafia mei zyada fark nahi hota (There is no difference between Hindu Seers and Mafias).”

Chief Minister Yogi Slams Akhilesh Yadav

 A heated exchange of words has broken out between the Opposition and the ruling political party in Uttar Pradesh regarding the recent encounter involving Mangesh Yadav in Sultanpur.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said that SP President Akhilesh Yadav is feeling bad about the death of a dacoit in an encounter.

"You see, when a mafia or a dacoit is killed in a police encounter, it's as if the police have touched a sensitive nerve, and they start crying out. Tell me, if a dacoit, who was killed in an encounter, had been left to continue his crimes... could the Samajwadi Party have brought those lives back?" CM Yogi said earlier this week.