Why're you in pain over encounter of criminals, BJP asks Akhilesh Yadav

LUCKNOW: "Jo kahate hain, vo kar dikhaate hain..." (He does what he says) tweeted BJP Uttar Pradesh unit with the video of CM Yogi Adityanath's Vidhan Sabha speech of reducing the criminal into dust, to laud the encounter of Asad Ahmed, son of mafia-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed, and his aide Ghulam Mohammed in Jhansi by UP Special Task Force.
Hours later, the BJP's Twitter handle launched a scathing attack on Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav over his remark that Uttar Pradesh has turned into "fake encounter Pradesh."
BJP wrote, "Akhilesh Yadav has been blinded by the politics of appeasement and is deeply pained by the encounter of the criminals. He is showing sympathy towards them. Why should he not be in pain, he had brought up these criminals with a lot of love. They are being destroyed by the BJP government(sic)."
State cabinet minister of Jal Shakti, Swatantra Dev Singh tweeted, "Whenever there is an attack on a criminal, terrorist, mafia, then a person (referring to Akhilesh Yadav) definitely stands in their support."
Similar attack was carried out by Gaurav Bhatia, national spokesperson of BJP on tweet, "When the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Yogi Adityanath ji said on the floor of the Vidhan Sabha that the mafia will be reduced to soil, then Akhilesh ji felt the most pain. Today, when a criminal was killed, the public is happy, but there is mourning in the SP. Why after all? Don't see the criminal through the prism of religion."
Meanwhile, deputy CM Brajesh Pathak said, "There is no place left for criminals in UP, but only law. Mafias are being wiped out from the state and action is being taken against those who support them." Earlier in the day deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya said, "I congratulate UP STF. What happened with advocate Umesh Pal and two UP police constables, the same fate was to befall on their killers."
UP BJP president Bhupendra Chaudhary said that UP is known for giving security and good governance to its people. He said that CM Yogi Adityanath is fulfilling the resolution of fear free and crime free state. Chaudhary said that people were watching the "crime" of the opposition which is standing in favour of the criminals.
Another state cabinet minister Sanjay Nishad said, "Those who are carrying rewards should surrender to court as the UP government is committed to reduce criminals to dust."
After the encounter, Union Minister Giriraj Singh took a dig at Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar in Patna and said, "He should learn from Yogi ji if law and order have to be maintained, to let common citizens feel safe." AIMIM MP Asaduddin Owaisi in Telangana's Nizamabad said, "Will the BJP also shoot those who killed Junaid and Nasir? No, because you (BJP) do encounters in the name of religion. You want to weaken the rule of law, do encounter the Constitution."