Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath came down heavily on Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday for "taking bribes" to speak against sanatan dharm as the opposition disputed the number of casualties in the Mahakumbh stampede.
As Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is set to visit Bihar for the second time in a month, the state's President Akhilesh Prasad Singh on Tuesday stated that the visit is a matter of pride for Bihar.
Participating in the debate on the motion of thanks on the President's Address, Akhilesh called for an all-party meeting to clarify the situation and recommended that disaster management and the lost and found centre be handed over to the Army.
Targeting the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Ram Gopal said that they are busy in making arrangements for the VIPs but are not concerned about the common people.
Addressing a rally in Milkipur assembly constituency in Ayodhya which will see bypoll on February 5, Yadav said the government has been releasing daily figures of the number of people who took a holy dip at the Triveni Sangam but has not released the list of casualties.
BJP MP and former Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Dinesh Sharma criticized Samajwadi Party Chief Akhilesh Yadav, asserting that the Samajwadi Party opportunistically waits for incidents to exploit them for political gain.
On the last day of campaigning for the Milkipur by-election, Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav is set to hold a public meeting in support of SP candidate Ajit Prasad on Monday.
Maurya said that while everyone is saddened by the incident, the SP supremo's continuous political comments on the Maha Kumbh suggested that his "mental balance has deteriorated" after losing power.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday slammed the Samajwadi Party (SP) chief, Akhilesh Yadav, alleging that in the last two months, all his posts on X (formerly Twitter) were against the Maha Kumbh in Prayagraj.