Lucknow, Dec. 23 -- Targeting the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) over the ongoing codeine-based cough syrup smuggling case, the Samajwadi Party (SP) on Tuesday installed hoardings outside its office in Lucknow, intensifying the political face-off between the opposition party and the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

The hoardings juxtaposed the Samajwadi Party and the NDA. While the SP side redefined PDA as the "Paramedical and Medical Development Alliance," the NDA was labelled as the "National Drug Defaulter Mafia Alliance," clearly signalling the party's criticism of the ruling alliance.

The move comes amid escalating political sparring between the BJP and the Samajwadi Party over the codeine-based cough syrup case, which has ...