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Updated: Aug 18, 2019 21:37 IST

Samajwadi Party leader and former Chief Minister, Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday hit out at Yogi Adityanath government in the state, saying that the state which should be known as “Uttar Pradesh is now known as Hatya Pradesh”.

Speaking to media, Yadav slammed the state government for not being able to stop crime in the state saying the state which should be known as “the best state is now known as murder state.”

His comments came in the wake of the murder of a journalist and his brother in Saharanpur on Sunday.

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