Lucknow, April 13 -- Samajwadi Party President Akhilesh Yadav has hit back at Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath after the latter termed the Noida workers' agitation a conspiracy.

"If the workers demand was a conspiracy, then the public will ask you a question: if this is true, did your intelligence police accompany you to Bengal to campaign, or were they busy investigating Botany, or were they under its influence? Before maligning the workers' movement with accusations of Naxalism, explain what you have done to create such a situation in 10 years. If you can't heal the workers' wounds, then don't, but at least don't rub salt in them," he commented through his social media account on Monday.

He further said, "Families are alread...