Lucknow, May 20 -- Posters reading "Akhilesh Yadav maafi maango" have appeared in Lucknow, escalating tensions between the Samajwadi Party (SP) and Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Brajesh Pathak.

The posters, reportedly put up by supporters of Pathak at the 1090 crossing, demand an apology from SP chief Akhilesh Yadav and condemn alleged derogatory remarks made by the SP's official 'X' handle against Pathak.

Meanwhile, on X post, UP Deputy CM Brijesh Pathak has mocked SP Chief Akhilesh Yadav's response to an earlier query, alleging that the SP leader had resorted to a poorly crafted "thesis" that confused political science with "home science."

"@yadavakhilesh, Yes, in response to my question, you got your team to write a long thesi...