Lucknow, Feb. 20 -- Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav took a jibe at Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and said UP CM must visit Kyoto in his upcoming Japan visit and understand why the government could not develop Varanasi on similar lines.

In a post on X, Akhilesh Yadav said, "If you're heading to Japan, make sure to visit Kyoto as well, so you can understand why the Pradhan- parliamentary constituency of Kashi couldn't become like Kyoto, or how its heritage got tarnished. Return from Japan with positive lessons on preserving heritage and advancing cities."

Taking a further jibe, Yadav said that CM Yogi in his last year of current tenure is undertaking a "Mansukh-Tourism".

"Anyway, now in the twilight of his tenure,...