Akhilesh Yadav questions senior UP cop's suspension, says Yogi might be a year older but lags behind in work

Hitting back at Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday jocularly said the former is one year older than him but much behind in terms of work. Akhilesh said this while addressing the media after the Samajwadi Party's national executive meet in Lucknow.

Taking a dig at the leaders of Congress and Samajwadi Party who had formed an alliance to take on the BJP in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls, Adityanath had earlier said, "I came in between Rahul Gandhi and Akhilesh Yadav. I am younger by one year to Rahulji and one year older to Akhilesh Yadav. And I came between the two (Rahul and Akhilesh). This could be a major reason for their failure," he added.

The BJP trounced the Samajwadi Party-Congress alliance by grabbing 312 seats in the 403-member Uttar Pradesh Assembly. 

Suspension of IPS officer

He also raised questions on the suspension of Himanshu Kumar, an IPS officer of the Uttar Pradesh cadre. "Only policemen of one particular caste are being suspended or transferred. Everybody knows. But will you report that?" Akhilesh asked.

Kumar has been suspended days after he alleged that seniors are targeting subordinates of particular caste. The Uttar Pradesh Police had earlier launched an investigation into the allegations made by the 2010-batch IPS officer in a series of tweets.

Himanshu, who was recently transferred to the DGP HQ in Lucknow by the Election Commission, later deleted his tweet. The IPS officer was earlier posted as the Superintendent of Police in Mainpuri and Firozabad.