Sounding like Pak spokespersons: CM on remarks by SP on Pahalgam

UTTAR Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday hit out at the Samajwadi Party (SP), saying remarks of some of its leaders on the Pahalgam terrorist attack resembled statements made by Pakistan's official spokespersons. He also criticised an SP office-bearer in Mumbai for making what he called a "shameful" remark.

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Addressing a public gathering here, Adityanath referred to the April 22 attack, which claimed 26 lives, and said, "The state-ments made by SP leaders after the Pahalgam attack are so disgraceful that it is difficult to tell whether they are speaking as SP leaders or as representatives of Pakistan." Referring to Akhilesh Yadav, who was asked during a press confer-ence recently if he would be visiting the Pahalgam attack victim's family in Kanpur, the chief minister said: "When asked why SP lead-ers hadn't visited the home of Kanpur's Shubham Dwivedi, who was brutally killed in the attack, the party chief reportedly said, 'He was not from our party.’ This is an unfortu