LUCKNOW, March 9 -- Samajwadi Party chief and former chief minister Akhilesh Yadav has accused the BJP-led state government of failing to maintain law and order following the murder of journalist Raghavendra Bajpai in Sitapur. He alleged that corruption in the government had reached alarming levels, leading to threats and attacks on journalists exposing wrongdoing.

In a statement on Sunday, Yadav said, "Journalists who uncover corruption are facing threats, and now they are even being murdered. The broad daylight killing of journalist Raghavendra Bajpai in Sitapur proves that no one is safe under BJP rule."

"The government is silent on the bullets riddled on journalist Raghavendra Bajpai. If a journalist is not safe, one can only imagin...