Lucknow, Sept. 12 -- Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav attacked the BJP-led Uttar Pradesh government over the police lathicharge in the Nonhara area of Ghazipur district, questioning why common workers should suffer the consequences of internal party conflicts.

Akhilesh today posted on his social media account, "Till now, the BJP government's police was setting records for 'custodial deaths'; now, even the ruling party's own people have started falling victim. Now that their own people have been killed, the BJP has begun to understand the pain that others have endured for years."He said every deceased is a citizen of the country and a human being before any party, the police should be strongly condemned for every such death and...