‘Extremely objectionable’: Akhilesh slams BJP spokesperson’s TV debate remark
Lucknow, Jan 17 (PTI) Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Friday slammed BJP spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla over his “extremely objectionable language” for an AAP lawmaker during a TV debate. Poonawalla, in a heated discussion on a news channel on Wednesday, made a derisive riff on Aam Aadmi Party MLA Rituraj Jha’s surname. His comment, seen by many rival politicians as a new low in TV debates, came after Jha took a dig at Poonawalla’s surname. The former UP chief minister said Poonawallah’s remark had hurt the people inhabiting a large swathe of northern India. “It is not only unfortunate but