Overview

• Akhilesh Yadav said Uttar Pradesh has its own intruders and described the chief minister as being from Uttarakhand who should be sent back.
• He called Yogi Adityanath an “ideological infiltrator,” citing the CM’s past association outside the BJP before joining the party.
• The remarks came shortly after Union home minister Amit Shah accused some parties of treating “infiltrators” as a vote bank.
• Yadav also attacked the state government’s record on law and order, referencing a reported gang-rape case in Lucknow and criticizing encounter policing.
• Multiple outlets, including Times of India and Rediff citing PTI, reported the comments, and these reports did not include a response from the BJP.