Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav has expressed concerns over the arrangements at the Maha Kumbh event and accused the BJP government of not doing enough to find nearly 1,000 missing Hindus. He also criticized the handling of the gathering by the Uttar Pradesh officials and questioned the allocation of funds for the event.
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