Lucknow, Oct. 2 -- A social media spat has broken out between Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav and Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Brajesh Pathak, with each posting a video of the other eating "cashews", as the SP and BJP gear up for 2027 Assembly elections.

Akhilesh Yadav began the exchange by posting a video of Pathak eating, with a satirical line. He said, "Mukhiya hain besudh-bekabu aaju baaju kha rahe kaju," (The boss is senseless, out of control, munching on cashews left and right today).

Pathak, who also holds the state's Health portfolio, hit back with a video of Akhilesh eating at a table, mocking the SP chief's image of "simplicity".

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