'1st govt to fall in cinema hall': Akhilesh's biopic jibe at Yogi Adityanath, 'SIT needs to be formed'

NEW DELHI: Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday took a veiled dig at Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath over his biographical film “Ajey: The Untold Story of a Yogi.”

Yadav remarked that while the film may have failed, “the dialogue continues” — an apparent reference to Adityanath’s recent comments on law and order following the violence in Bareilly.

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"The film has lost on the screen, but the dialogue continues. I've heard that even 4 BJP MLAs didn't go to watch the film, and none of them posted a photo while watching the film. It seems the film's producers forgot to issue a whip for watching the film. By this logic, the government would be considered fallen, and this would be the first government to fall not in the 'House' but in the 'cinema hall'," the SP president wrote in a post on X, without naming anyone.

फ़िल्म पर्दे पर हारी है, पर डॉयलॉगबाजी जारी है।

सुना है भाजपा के 4 विधायक भी फ़िल्म देखने नहीं गये, न ही किसीने फ़िल्म देखते हुए अपनी फोटो डाली, लगता है फ़िल्म बनवानेवाले, फ़िल्म देखने के लिए व्हिप जारी करना भूल गये थे। इस हिसाब से तो सरकार गिरी हुई मानी जाएगी और ये वो पहली…

— Akhilesh Yadav (@yadavakhilesh) September 28, 2025

Yadav, Adityanath’s immediate predecessor as CM, further predicted that voters would “reject” the BJP government in the 2027 assembly elections. He also mocked the film, saying critics believe a Special Investigation Team (SIT) should "probe" its failure

"Film critics are saying that an SIT needs to be formed to investigate the reasons behind the film's failure; anyway, one reason is that the audience wants to watch genuine emotional films, but this film is miles away from the truth and also from human sensitivities. Right now, the audience has rejected them; after '24, the voters will reject them again in '27 and they'll get rid of their arrogance," he added.

“Ajey: The Untold Story of a Yogi” is inspired by Shantanu Gupta’s book “The Monk Who Became Chief Minister.” Directed by Ravindra Gautam and produced by Ritu Mengi, the film stars Anant Joshi in the lead role, with Bhojpuri superstar and BJP leader Dinesh Lal Yadav, alongside Pawan Malhotra, Rajesh Khattar, and others in key roles.

The film was released on September 19, with a special screening held in Delhi on Thursday.