Why was intelligence official present during Akhilesh's press meet, SP asks govt

Lucknow, December 23

The Samajwadi Party on Monday asked the Uttar Pradesh government why a local intelligence unit official was present during its national president Akhilesh Yadav’s press conference at the party office here.

“The state government should answer why a LIU (local intelligence unit) person was sent to the party office during national president Akhilesh Yadav’s press conference,” said the party’s Twitter handle in Hindi.

सरकार बताये कि समाजवादी पार्टी कार्यालय में आयोजित राष्ट्रीय अध्यक्ष जी की प्रेसवार्ता में LIU का व्यक्ति किस अधिकारी के कहने पर भेजा गया था?@CMOfficeUP

— Samajwadi Party (@samajwadiparty) December 23, 2019

Yadav had on Sunday held a press conference in the party office and had criticised the ruling BJP alleging that the new citizenship law has been brought in to “divert attention” from the “virtually destroyed” economy and rising unemployment.

“The economy is in dire straits, has been virtually destroyed, and unemployment is at an all-time high. To divert attention from these issues, the CAA was enacted,” he had told reporters. PTI