'What If You Poison Me': Akhilesh Yadav Refuses Tea At Police Headquarters In Lucknow — Watch

Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday refused to drink tea at the police headquarters in Uttar Pradesh’s Lucknow.

File Photo of Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav.

New Delhi: Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday refused to drink tea at the police headquarters in Uttar Pradesh’s Lucknow. The former chief minister refused to drink tea as he openly raised suspicion that he could be poisoned there. "I will not drink the tea here. We will bring ours (tea) and will take your cup. I can't drink it from this place, what if you poison me? I don't trust you. I will get it from outside," he remarked.

#WATCH समाजवादी पार्टी प्रमुख अखिलेश यादव ने पुलिस मुख्यालय में चाय पीने से इंकार किया।

उन्होंने कहा,"हम यहां की चाय नहीं पियेंगे। हम अपनी (चाय) लाएंगे, कप आपका ले लेंगे। हम नहीं पी सकते, ज़हर दे दोगे तो? हमें भरोसा नहीं। हम बाहर से मंगा लेंगे।"

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SP workers came face-to-face with police as they protested outside the Police Headquarters in Lucknow over the arrest of SP media cell leader Manish Jagan Agarwal.

#WATCH | Samajwadi Party workers came face-to-face with police as they protest outside the Police Headquarters in Lucknow over the arrest of SP media cell leader Manish Jagan Agarwal pic.twitter.com/7wZv1woqJR

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A Samajwadi Part office bearer was arrested in Lucknow on Sunday for allegedly making indecent and derogatory remarks on social media, police said. Angry over Manish Jagan Agarwal’s arrest, scores of Samajwadi Party workers gathered outside the Uttar Pradesh Police headquarters here, demanding his immediate release, news agency PTI reported.

SP leader and former Leader of Opposition in UP Legislative Council Sunil Lathar told PTI that Agarwal is associated with the party's social media cell. Akhilesh Yadav too has reached the place.

Assistant CP, Hazratganj, Arvind Kumar Verma told PTI, "Manish Jagan Agarwal has been arrested for making indecent and derogatory remarks on social media. He was arrested on Sunday morning. A case was registered against him on January 4 under the IT Act." In a tweet in Hindi, the Samajwadi Party said, "Honourable national president (of Samajwadi Party) Akhilesh Yadav has reached police headquarters, Lucknow. There is no responsible ('jimmedaar') person at the headquarters."

The party's official Twitter handle also posted photographs of Yadav, SP leader Rajendra Chaudhary and others at the police headquarters.

SP's chief spokesperson Rajendra Chaudhary, who is also present at the place, told PTI, "So far, no person has met us here (at the UP police headquarters). SP's national president Akhilesh Yadav is at the UP Police Headquarters. We are trying to ascertain the reason for which SP worker Manish Jagan Agarwal has been arrested." The party termed the arrest of Agarwal as "condemnable" and "shameful", demanding he be released immediately.

(With agencies' Inputs)