Overview
- A day after the remarks, SP MP Awadhesh Prasad endorsed Akhilesh Yadav’s stance, saying Uttar Pradesh has worsened and the chief minister has lost credibility.
- Akhilesh Yadav labeled Yogi Adityanath an 'infiltrator', urging he be sent back to Uttarakhand and casting the charge as ideological.
- He cited a recent alleged gang-rape of a minor in Lucknow to argue that law and order has collapsed and that women are unsafe across the state.
- He accused the BJP government of peddling 'fake statistics' and questioned claims about migration and improvement under current governance.
- He challenged the state’s encounter policy as a political tool that has not delivered safety or justice, making the comments on Oct. 12 in Lucknow with no immediate official response reported.