Akhilesh Yadav's comments will create wrong global image of UP: BJP

LUCKNOW: BJP today attacked Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav for describing the Dadri lynching incident as a "well-planned conspiracy", saying such a statement during the 'Travel Writers' Conclave' here would help create a "wrong picture of the state in the world".

"Akhilesh is saying that attempts are being made to trigger riots and that it is a pre-planned conspiracy. If he knows everything, then why instead of giving statements he is not taking any concrete action," BJP spokesperson Vijay Bahadur Pathak said.

Besides Yadav's comments, Pathak said UP minister Mohd Azam Khan's "baseless statements" will allow visiting foreign writers to paint a "wrong picture of the state in the world".

The BJP leader further claimed that violence in Varanasi yesterday had once again exposed the "administrative insensitiveness" in the state

Stating there were contradictory statements regarding the 'Pratikar Yatra', Pathak said, "The CM says he has ordered a magisterial inquiry into the lathicharge but the DGP is claiming that he has no information about it."

Earlier in the day while addressing the Travel Writers' Conclave, Yadav had said, "There has never been a difference between the Hindus and the Muslims here. Those, who are differentiating, lack their own ground."