BJP MP Yogi Adityanath reacted to Samajwadi MP Azam Khan's charge that BJP incited violence in Dadri in Uttar Pradesh which lead to the killing of a man. Yodi Adityanath said that Azam Khan statements were condemnable. He said that the cabinet minister supports cow slaughter.

Adityanath also said that the UP government's was responsible for "jungle-raj" in the state. "Jungle-raj prevails in UP and the government backs the professional criminals and mafia to hide its failure. There is a complete anarchy in the state."

The ruling Samajwadi Party had hit out at BJP over Mohammed Iqlakh's killing, accusing it of deliberately inciting violence ahead of 2017 assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh as part of efforts to polarise voters. "BJP has been inciting large scale violence in UP ahead of the assembly polls. Such incidents are repeating after the Muzaffarnagar violence," said State cabinet Minister Azam Khan. Read more here.

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Mohammed Iqlakh was beaten to death and his 22-year-old son Danish was critically injured by a 200-strong mob which barged into their house on Monday night following rumours that the family had consumed beef. Cow slaughter is banned in Uttar Pradesh.