'What if it's poisoned?' says Akhilesh Yadav refusing police station tea
Lucknow, Jan 8: Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday refused to have tea offered to him at the UP Police Headquarters apparently joking it may be "poisoned."
A Samajwadi Party office bearer, Manish Jagan Agarwal, was arrested here earlier in the day for allegedly making indecent and derogatory remarks on social media.
Angry over Agarwal's arrest, scores of SP workers gathered outside the Uttar Pradesh Police headquarters demanding his immediate release.
Yadav, while he was at the headquarters, was offered tea, which he refused.
In a video which was flashed on several news channels, Yadav was heard saying, "I will not drink the tea of this place. I will have tea from outside. What if it's poisoned?"
Yadav went on to ask a worker to see if any tea shop was open in the neighbourhood.
He also said there was no senior at the police station when he went there.
"When I reached the Police Headquarters, there was no one inside. If there is no one to listen to in the Police Headquarters, then imagine what would be the state of the rest of UP," Yadav told reporters.
Additional DG Law and order Prashant Kumar, later in his response, said "Since it was Sunday, officials were present as per requirement, and he spoke with them."
"Subsequently, officials who were present here offered him tea, and he had tea," he added.
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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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पुलिस मुख्यालय लखनऊ में मौजूद माननीय राष्ट्रीय अध्यक्ष श्री अखिलेश यादव जी, अब भी कोई जिम्मेदार व्यक्ति उपस्थित नहीं। @Uppolice pic.twitter.com/kRugHcpUms
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Rickelton's ton in vain as SRH beat MI by 6 wickets
Mumbai (PTI): Ryan Rickelton's whirlwind unbeaten ton was overshadowed by Heinrich Klaasen's unbeaten 65 as Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Mumbai Indians by six wickets in an IPL match here on Wednesday.
Chasing an imposing 244-run target, Travis Head (76 off 30) and Abhishek Sharma (45 off 24) shared 129 runs for the opening wicket to set the platform for SRH.
Klaasen (65 not out off 30 balls) then displayed his all-round hitting abilities to guide SRH home with the help of Nitish Kumar Reddy (21) and Salil Arora (30 not out off 10) in 18.4 overs.
Earlier, Rickelton's knock powered MI to 243 for five.
MI rode on a 93-run stand between Rickelton (123 not out off 55 balls) and Will Jacks (46 off 22) in 7.1 overs for the opening stand to power the side.
MI skipper Hardik Pandya scored a valuable 31 off 15 balls before being dismissed.
Praful Hinge (2/54), Eshan Malinga (1/29), Sakib Hasan (1/39) and Nitish Kumar Reddy (1/31) were the wicket-takers for SRH.
Brief Scores:
Mumbai Indian: 243 for 5 in 20 overs (Ryan Rickelton 123 not out; Praful Hinge 2/54).
Sunrisers Hyderabad: 249 for 4 in 18.4 overs (Travis Head 76, Heinrich Klaasen 65 not out; AM Ghazanfar 2/51).
