A war of words have broken out between the BJP leaders and Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav over the latter's remark on Yogi Adityanath.

Akhilesh Yadav criticizes the Yogi Adityanath government for lawlessness in Uttar Pradesh, alleging that criminals have become 'BJP-fied'. He cited incidents of violence, claimed government's discrimination,

Akhilesh Yadav rebuffed Yogi Adityanath's 'leader of goons' remark by questioning who looks more like a mafia. He accused the BJP government of conducting fake encounters and criticized their 'One Nation,

Earlier CM Adityanath said during the SP rule, criminal elements ran parallel governments and law enforcement was under their control.