PRAYAGRAJ, Oct. 12 -- Deputy chief minister Keshav Prasad Maurya, who arrived in Prayagraj on a two-day visit, launched a scathing attack on the Congress, Samajwadi Party and other opposition parties on Monday. Speaking to reporters at the Police Lines helipad, he dismissed the opposition's ongoing protests as political theatrics, asserting that people would not accept such actions.

Maurya said the INDIA bloc was trying to stir controversy over non-existing issues. On electoral roll revisions, he said the names of deceased voters should be removed and voters registered at multiple locations should be linked to a single constituency. He claimed the opposition's agitation had failed and that the alliance had lost public trust and support....