With BJP and Samajwadi Party involved in a blame game over the lynching of a man in Dadri, who was accused by villagers of eating beef, the saffron party charged Yadav with giving "communal colour" to the crime by raking up unnecessary issues to "hide his failures".
The SP leader had earlier targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP, saying those who spoke against "pink revolution" should ban beef exports as they were now in power and alleged that they wanted to disturb the secular ethos of the country by raising such issues.
Citing a reported which he said was tabled in the state assembly, Sharma wondered if the chief minister will blame the Modi government and BJP for them.
"The report noted that there were 25 incidents of women being raped by cops. At 622 places, cops were attacked by SP leaders. Will Akhilesh Yadav blame the Centre for this? He should focus on law and order and if he cannot, then he should better resign," he said, attacking Yadav.
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As far as Yadav's dig at the Centre over beef export was concerned, he said Union Commerce and Industry Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had already clarified on the issue.
In a series of tweets, she said Yadav should know that "the export of beef (meat of cow, oxen and calf) is prohibited" as per Meat Export Policy of the Government of India.
The bone in meat, carcass of buffalo (both male and female) is also prohibited from exports, she added.