Lucknow, Feb. 22 -- The Samajwadi Party and the Bharatiya Janata Party on Friday traded barbs over the issue of unemployment in the Vidhan Parishad.

SP leaders including Lal Bihari Yadav, Rajendra Chaudhary, Dr. Man Singh Yadav, Mukul Yadav, Ashutosh Sinha, Mohammad Jasmir Ansari, Balram Yadav, and Kiran Pal Kashyap raised concerns about the rising unemployment despite vacant posts in government departments.

They alleged that at least 22 papers of competitive exams had been leaked in UP since 2017, adding to more unemployment among aspirants.

Leader of the House Keshav Prasad Maurya refuted the charges by launching a counterattack on the SP. He said the SP's problem was that the 'copy-mafia' patronised by it had become jobless. He also...