SP chief Akhilesh Yadav responded to Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath for indirectly calling him and Rahul Gandhi "two namoonas (clowns)". "Self-acceptance...No one expected the Delhi-Lucknow feud to escalate to this point...BJP folks shouldn't bring their party's internal squabbles out to the crossroads," he said. He was hinting towards a tussle between Yogi government and BJP central leadership.