Kannauj, Feb. 25 -- In a sharp rebuttal to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's speech in the State Assembly during the UP budget session, Samajwadi Party (SP) Chief Akhilesh Yadav slammed Yogi Adityanath and alleged that unemployment is on a "large scale" and accused the BJP leaders of "speaking lies".

He also expressed concern over the future of the youth, alleging lack of unemployment oppurtunities in the state in the last nine years.

"Farmers are in losses, and the government is not compensating them...There is unemployment on a large scale. The government could not provide employment to the youth in the last nine years. Think, if the youth do not get employment, what will be there future? And if the youth do not have a fu...