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BJP using CBI for 'vendetta', says Akhilesh after mining scam raids

The CBI searched 14 places Saturday in connection with its FIR against 11 persons, including a former Samajwadi Party minister.

SP President Akhilesh Yadav met BSP chief Mayawati in New Delhi  on Friday, to seal a deal
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SP President Akhilesh Yadav met BSP chief Mayawati in New Delhi on Friday, to seal a deal

Virendra Singh Rawat Lucknow
The BJP is using the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) against opponents but it may have to face the same "culture of vendetta", said Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday, a day after reports that the agency might question him in a mining scam.

The CBI searched 14 places Saturday in connection with its FIR against 11 persons including IAS officer B Chandrakala, Samajwadi Party MLC Ramesh Kumar Mishra, and Bahujan Samajwadi Party (BSP) leader Sanjay Dixit to probe alleged illegal mining of minor minerals in Hamirpur district during 2012-16.

Akhilesh was Uttar Pradesh's chief minister between 2012 and 2017 and

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