LUCKNOW, Sept. 18 -- Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday attacked the BJP government over the newly announced Merchant Discount Rate (MDR) on select UPI transactions. He likened the charge to the old "chungi" system of toll collection and alleged that it was aimed at extracting money from people. Addressing media persons at the party's state headquarters here, Yadav said the Samajwadi Party was opposed to any plan to collect money through UPI. "BJP people are 'chungijeevi'. To turn the economy into a trillion-dollar one, this is all that is left for the chungijeevi," he said. The former chief minister accused the BJP government of breaking all records of corruption, loot and dishonesty. He alleged that law and order had collapsed across the state, with murders taking place even in Lucknow. Yadav claimed that Uttar Pradesh records the highest number of crimes against women and cyber crimes in the country and alleged that the BJP had "ruined" the state. htc...