Kannauj, Feb. 17 -- Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Monday urged the Uttar Pradesh government to extend the dates for Mahakumbh, saying that many devotees have not visited the holy congregation because of "bad" facilities and recent incidents.

Yadav also accused the Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath-led government of 'hiding' the death toll of the stampede that happened in Prayagraj on January 29.

Speaking to press, Yadav said, "As per the information received nowadays from people who have returned from there, the facilities there are really bad. CM had said that they are making arrangements for 100 crore people but that many people haven't even gone, only a few crores have gone but still, all the facilities have gone down the hill...