Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav and AAP convenor Arvind Kejriwal criticized BJP's Shehzad Poonawalla for allegedly abusing AAP MLA Rituraj Jha during a live show. They condemned the remarks as reflective of BJP's narrow thinking toward Purvanchalis. BJP's Manoj Tiwari also urged Poonawalla to apologize.
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