Akhilesh Yadav hits back at BJP on charge of fielding criminals in UP polls

Under attack over fielding candidates with a criminal background in Uttar Pradesh assembly polls, Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday alleged that his party leaders have been framed in false cases by the ruling BJP. Flanked by new entrant Swami Prasad Maurya, who had quit the BJP, and veteran leader Azam Khan's son Abdullah Azam, recently released from jail, Yadav also claimed that the maximum number of MLAs with a criminal background are from the saffron party.