LUCKNOW, April 22 -- A day after Uttar Pradesh DGP Prashant Kumar termed caste-based posting allegations "baseless and misleading," Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav intesified his attack on the state government on Tuesday, demanding the chief minister's response instead. Citing data that he claimed to be retrieved from the UP Police website, Yadav said that officials from the 'Kshatriya' community dominated key postings, while officers from PDA (Pichhda, Dalit, Alpsankhyak) communities remained underrepresented.

Addressing a press conference at the SP headquarters in Lucknow, Yadav said, "DGP sahab should speak less; at the very least, the chief minister should address this."

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