Lucknow, Feb. 17 -- Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav on Monday said that instead of making proper preparations for the Maha Kumbh, the Yogi government of Uttar Pradesh invited big faces through event management companies for its publicity.
In a statement issued here, Akhilesh said that the government claimed to have made arrangements for the bathing of 100 crore devotees but did not make proper preparations for the Kumbh.
"Documented history shows that Kumbh has been taking place since the time of Harshvardhan. It has been organised for centuries, but the BJP is saying that this Kumbh is being organised for the first time. Earlier Kumbh did not happen," he said.
He said, "Any scientist and astrologer who understands plane...