Akhilesh Yadav compares the CBI to a “BJP cell” and skips the date

These summonses are being issued before of elections. SP president Akhilesh Yadav refused to appear before the CBI in Delhi on Thursday to record testimonies as a witness in an alleged sand-mining scam of 2012–16 when he was the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, citing the agency as “acting as a cell of BJP.”

About the case filed in 2019 based on the orders of the Allahabad High Court, Akhilesh said, “We have responded to the CBI letter.

According to reports, the SP head asked to step down via video conference, citing commitments to politics.