India, Oct. 18 -- LUCKNOW In a veiled attack on Yogi Adityanath, Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday said the UP chief minister is going to Bihar, not as a star campaigner of the BJP, but as a "star divider", and that people will not accept "communal figures".

"The BJP is practicing the politics of hatred and division. It follows the British policy of divide and rule. The UP CM has gone to the Bihar elections, not as a star campaigner, but as a star divider. The people there never accept communal people," he said at a press conference organised at SP headquarters in Lucknow.

Yadav also said that discrimination is rampant under the BJP government.

"The BJP is a casteist party. Discrimination is prevalent everywhere in t...