The ruling BJP in Uttar Pradesh on Friday won four of the five legislative council seats for which elections were held this week and one went to an Independent, dashing the Samajwadi Party's hope to stake claim to the Leader of the Opposition.
An FIR has been registered against BJP leader and Nagar Palika chairman Ashok Kumar Jaiswal over the alleged incident that took place on September 6 in UP's Katra Bazar.
BJP's Uttar Pradesh unit president Swatantra Dev Singh on Saturday hit out at Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, he said if "Akhilesh Yadav would have become chief minister and looted (the state); dacoity would have taken place."
Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Monday alleged that in the second term of the BJP-led government in Uttar Pradesh, criminals have become more fearless and a "bullet train of crime" is running in the state.