India, April 28 -- Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday visited a Lucknow hospital to enquire about the health of a BJP MLA who sustained burn injuries during a protest last week.

Anupama Jaiswal, BJP MLA from Bahraich, had sustained burn injuries on Saturday as she tried to set Akhilesh's effigy on fire during a protest over women's reservation issue.

Yadav met the BJP MLA and her family members at the Medanta Hospital in the UP capital and enquired about her condition.

In a post on X, the SP chief wrote: "We do not want flames of discord in society, but harmony and goodwill. Our positive political tradition has taught us this."

"That is why we visited BJP MLA Anupama Jaiswal and wished her a speedy recovery. Politics has...