Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath Accused of Insulting Lord Krishna by Samajwadi Party President Akhilesh Yadav

Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday accused Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath of insulting Lord Krishna through his remarks about cowherds, after the chief minister took a swipe at him over his earlier comments about people from Uttarakhand. Yadav also claimed that the BJP would be defeated in the 2027 Assembly elections. The latest exchange follows a controversy triggered by Yadav's October 24 remarks about alleged infiltrators in Uttar Pradesh. While questioning the BJP's claims about infiltration, Yadav had said that people from Uttarakhand were among the biggest infiltrators in the state. The BJP criticised the remark as an insult to Uttarakhand and its people. The SP later clarified that Yadav was referring to an individual not the people of the hill state, an apparent reference to Adityanath, who was born in present-day Uttarakhand, and not the people of the state.