Lucknow, Sept. 18 -- Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Brajesh Pathak accused Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav of presenting "misleading and fictional things" before the people during his press briefing on Wednesday.

The Deputy Chief Minister strongly countered Yadav's remarks on law and order, land mafia, and development under the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party government.

While speaking to ANI about Akhilesh Yadav's allegations, Pathak said, "SP chief Akhilesh Yadav presented several misleading and fictional things before the people today through the press...He mentioned land mafia. Is it not true that during SP's rule, land was encroached on under the protection of the government? The land of ordinary farmers and ordinary p...