The ruling Bhartiya Janata Party and the primary opposition Samajwadi Party in Uttar Pradesh have been indulging in a photo war, especially after a picture of Sadaqat Khan, who is allegedly the mastermind behind the murder of Umesh Pal in Prayagraj, surfaced along with SP chief Akhilesh Yadav.
๐๐๐ฃ ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ต๐ผ๐๐ผ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐ธ๐ต๐ถ๐น๐ฒ๐๐ต
On Twitter, BJP leaders shared a photo of Sadaqat Khan with Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav, and in response, the Samajwadi Party shared a picture of Sadaqat with Uday Bhan Karwariya, the husband of BJP MLA Neelam Karwariya. It is unclear whether these photos are genuine, and The Free Press Journal has not verified their authenticity.
The Deputy Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Brajesh Pathak, referred to the Samajwadi Party as a "nursery of criminals" and declared that the government has a "zero-tolerance" policy towards criminal activity.
"Our government has a zero tolerance against crime. The whole state knows that the Samajwadi Party is a nursery of criminals. But we are committed to ensure that no matter what reach any criminal has, we will not spare that person," Pathak stressed.
BJP MLA Sidharth Nath Singh claimed the Samajwadi Party has protected people like Sadaqat Khan. Speaking to news agency ANI, Singh said: "They let a sapling become a huge banyan tree. Nobody should be surprised if such things come out. The SP should answer how many criminals have they nurtured."
๐๐ป๐๐ฏ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฐ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฐ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ฝ๐๐ฏ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ด๐๐ฟ๐ฒ: ๐๐ธ๐ต๐ถ๐น๐ฒ๐๐ต
Meanwhile, Akhilesh Yadav contended that anyone could approach a public figure and take a photograph with them.
Additionally, SP's Ameeque Jamei shared a picture of Sadaqat with Uday Bhan Karwariya, a former BJP MLA.
"Sadaqat was currently a member of the BJP whose photo is being linked with the SP. Sadaqat's photo with Neelam's husband Udaybhan Karwariya at former BJP MLA Neelam Karwariya's house shows the connection of this incident with the BJP. Even before this, a BJP leader Rahil, the mastermind of this case has been caught,โ Jamei wrote in his tweet.
๐ฃ๐น๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐พ๐ฎ๐'๐ ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ผ๐บ
Sadaqat was apprehended by the Special Task Force in Gorakhpur and subsequently transferred to the Prayagraj Police. It has been claimed that he had connections with Atiq Ahmed's family. According to police sources, Sadaqat was residing unlawfully in the Muslim Boarding House, which is a hostel affiliated with Allahabad University. It is alleged that the plot to assassinate Umesh Pal, the key witness in the high-profile murder of a sitting legislator in 2005, was conceived in Sadaqat's room.
