India, April 29 -- LUCKNOW Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday claimed that a purported viral video of a senior UP Police officer, who has been deployed in West Bengal assembly elections, has tarnished the image of the Yogi Adityanath government.

He said the video has exposed the hollowness of the BJP government's claims regarding "respect for women" and "naari vandan".

In a post on X in Hindi, he stated: "The 'obscene' video of a senior Uttar Pradesh police officer, who is an observer in the ongoing Bengal elections, which is currently circulating widely in the public domain, has severely tarnished the image of the UP government's governance and administration."

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