Lucknow/IBNS: Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday called the Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh "unstable" and claimed it is fighting among itself, in a bid to corner the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) post Lok Sabha poll drubbing.

Speaking to the reporters, Akhilesh said, "... The Uttar Pradesh government is fighting among themselves. The BJP government is unstable and people are troubled by the party's fight to hold on to power."

In a response to Akhilesh's claim, Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister and BJP leader Keshav Prasad Maurya posted on X, "SP Bahadur Shri Akhilesh Yadav ji, BJP has a strong organization and government both in the country and the state, SP's PDA is a fraud. The return of SP's hooliganism in UP is impossible, BJP will repeat 2017 in the 2027 assembly elections."

Reportedly, BJP national president Jagat Prakash Nadda met BJP state chief Bhupendra Chaudhary in the national capital.

In the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, which were held from April to June, the BJP saw its tally of seats tumbling from its previous figure of 62 to 33.

Former Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav's Samajwadi Party won 37 seats and its ally Congress 6 in the state which sends 80 members to the Lok Sabha.

Days ago, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath cited the BJP's "overconfidence" as one of the reasons behind the party's setback in the state in the Lok Sabha elections.

Yogi made the introspection while addressing the BJP's state executive meeting, which was attended by several including Nadda.

"In 2024, the BJP managed to get the same vote percentage as in the previous elections, but vote- shifting and overconfidence hurt our expectations. The opposition, which had previously been on ventilator, has now got some oxygen," the Chief Minister said as quoted by Hindustan Times.