India, Aug. 2 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday called out SP chief Akhilesh Yadav for what he labelled "Samajwadi party's votebank politics" and slammed him for questioning the government about the timing of the encounter of perpetrators of the Pahalgam terror attack.

Addressing people in Hindi, Modi said, "Ye samajwadi party wale kehte hai Pahalgam ke atankiyon ko abhi kyu mara, toh unko phone karu kya SP walo ko? aapse pucho ke kab maarna hai? Atankwadiyon ko maarne ke liye mauka dhundna padega kya? Unhe bhaagne ka mauka dena hai kya?

"The leader of the Samajwadi Party asked in Parliament, Why did we kill the Pahalgam terrorists now? Then what should we do? Should we call them and ask if we have your permission to kill them...