Lucknow, Sept. 19 -- The former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and Samajwadi Party (SP) national president Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday launched a scathing attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party-led government on the economic front, accusing the ruling dispensation of presenting "fabricated employment data" to mislead the public while the Indian Rupee continues to slide against the US Dollar and runaway inflation hits common households.

Addressing a press conference here at the party headquarters in Lucknow, the former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and SP chief took a sharp jibe at the BJP's past rhetoric on currency valuation and flagged the worsening livelihood crisis in the country.

"Those who once questioned where the Dollar was heading sh...