Hours after Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "electric shock" jibe, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Friday said he had not asked him to touch a wire and would never say anything like that."I had not asked the Prime Minister to touch the wire ..I had asked the Baba (Yogi Adityanath) but since there had been no breaking news, it seems that he had not touched the wire," Mr Yadav said at a hurriedly convened press conference in Lucknow."I will not ask him (PM) to touch a wire..I will never say anything like this so that he becomes emotional and gets angry," he added."In fact, I had asked the Prime Minister to take oath in the name of 'Ganga Maiya' whether or not we are providing 24-hour power supply in Varanasi," he said.
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