Lucknow, Oct. 12 -- : Samajwadi Party President Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday accused the BJP government in Uttar Pradesh of presiding over record levels of atrocities against Dalits while "peddling false data" and claiming success with "zero performance."Citing NCRB data, Yadav said, "The current government has the highest number of cases of atrocities against Dalits. Recently, a son of the Valmiki community was murdered, but the government remains silent. The BJP's claims of zero tolerance are false," he said.
Speaking to reporters after paying tribute to socialist leader Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia on his death anniversary at Lohia Park, Yadav alleged that the state police have become a "political tool" of the ruling party.
"The police, which are...