Prayagraj, Feb. 4 -- Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath came down heavily on Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge and Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday accusing them of "taking payoffs" to speak against sSanatan Dharm as the opposition disputed the number of casualties in the Mahakumbh stampede.

Earlier on Monday, the Congress President had raised the issue of the Mahakumbh stampede in Rajya Sabha, where he claimed that 1000 people died in the stampede, heavily disputing the original figure given by the UP government of 30 deaths. Similarly, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav also questioned the government on the numbers, demanding that the UP government release the total count of deaths.

"On one hand, the peo...