Lucknow, Sept. 7 -- Uttar Pradesh Minister Om Prakash Rajbhar launched a sharp attack on Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav, accusing him of staying silent over an alleged assault on one of his own party workers in Azamgarh.

In an X post, Rajbhar alleged that SP party worker Rahul Yadav was beaten up for backing a rival SP leader instead of local MLA Nafees Ahmad. He accused Akhilesh of ignoring the incident despite it involving a grassroots worker of his own party.

Rajbhar said, "What's up, Akhilesh Yadav ji? Haven't you folks learned your lesson even after getting a solid beating? Your 'Pita Dega Ashfaq' keeps pulling off new scandals every day, and you're just lying there with your sheet pulled over your head... In Azamgar...