BJP spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi said Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav tried to get an "image makeover" after ousting Mulayam Singh Yadav but "his support to unruly elements" indulging in recent violent incidents indicates that his instincts remain intact. The generation in Samajwadi Party may have changed but natural tendencies of its leadership remains the same. "We want to ask Akhilesh Yadav whether this is the kind of image makeover he is seeking? All these three incidents depict that the Akhilesh Yadav government has a double-face and stands cornered,"he said. "Such is the influence of the party which is riding high on goondaism," he said, alleging that its image makeover was a farce and the party talks about development only during the elections.

Source: India Today February 12, 2017 15:21 UTC