Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav claimed there was a ‘Shivling’ under Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath’s official residence. He demanded the ‘Shivling’ should be excavated. “There is a Shivling under CM Yogi Adityanath’s official residence in Lucknow. It should also be excavated,” Yadav claimed. These remarks comes as the state witnesses heightened political tensions over archaeological surveys.