Etawah, April 12 -- Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday said that Union government "deliberately" brought the Waqf Amendment Act keeping in mind the upcoming Assembly elections in Bihar and West Bengal, adding that legislation was also brought to hide their own failures.

Akhilesh Yadav made these remarks following the violent protests which have occured in West Bengal against the Waqf Amendment Act.

Addressing a press conference, Akhilesh Yadav said, "Mamata Banerjee will restore law and order there. The central government has spoiled the environment. The central government has brought this (Waqf) law deliberately...They want to win elections in Bihar and West Bengal where they have totally failed...To hide their own fa...