Lucknow, March 23 -- Samajwadi Party (SP) President Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday launched a sharp attack on the Uttar Pradesh government alleging mishandling of the Maha Kumbh Mela and accusing it of failing to account for missing devotees and misleading the public about casualties.

Speaking to media after an event, Akhilesh Yadav said, "...In a holy event like Maha Kumbh, the government neither wants to compensate the devotees who have died or are missing nor does it want to find them... The path of truth and religion is Sanatan, but they (the state government) are lying about the death or missing of devotees... It was propagated that this was a digital Maha Kumbh. If it was so, then where did the drones and CCTV go from there (in the Maha ...