India, Feb. 19 -- Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday backed West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee, who had accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government of mismanagement in the Maha Kumbh in Uttar Pradesh's Prayagraj and turning it into a "Mrityu Kumbh".

Speaking to reporters in Lucknow, the former Uttar Pradesh chief minister echoed Banerjee's line, saying that the case of deaths and people missing in Maha Kumbh was being hidden by the UP government. He accused the government of "bad arrangements" in Maha Kumbh and alleged that there was "large scale corruption" involved in it.

"What Mamata Banerjee said about West Bengal is correct. People from her state have also lost their lives. A large number of peo...