Full Politics over ‘Half Encounters’ in UP: After Akhilesh’s Jibe, BJP Says SP Pained by Action against Criminals

After two men accused of killing 22-year-old Ram Gopal Mishra during communal clashes in Bahraich were shot in the leg by police in an encounter, the Samajwadi Party questioned the law-and-order record of the Yogi Adityanath government while the ruling BJP hit out at the SP for ‘sympathising with criminals’