Lucknow, June 18 -- Senior Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Shivpal Singh Yadav on Thursday launched a scathing attack on Uttar Pradesh Minister Om Prakash Rajbhar, dismissing his claims of an internal split within the SP as a "conspiracy" fueled by the BJP.

Speaking to ANI, Shivpal Yadav asserted that the BJP and its allies resort to lies to gain political mileage.

"BJP people lie. They also keep conspiring from time to time. No MP of the Samajwadi Party will break away. These people say this to increase their TRP and increase seats during the elections," Shivpal Yadav said.

Further mocking the SBSP chief, Shivpal suggested that Rajbhar's statements are incentivised. "I think they get paid to tweet, that is why they say such things and lie...