<p>Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Monday hit out at the Uttar Pradesh government over the death of a journalist, who had recently run a story on the liquor mafia and was killed in what police said was a road accident.</p>.<p>The Congress general secretary accused the Yogi Adityanath dispensation of "nurturing jungle raj".</p>.<p>The 42-year-old news channel reporter, Sulabh Srivastava, died as his motorcycle rammed a pole near a brick kiln in Sukhpal Nagar under the Kotwali police station area of Pratapgarh on Sunday, police said.</p>.<p>"The liquor mafia from Aligarh to Pratapgarh: has caused death throughout the state. The government is silent," Priyanka Gandhi said in a tweet in Hindi.</p>.<p><strong><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/north-and-central/up-journalist-death-police-register-murder-case-samajwadi-party-demands-high-level-inquiry-997462.html" target="_blank">Read | UP journalist death: Police register murder case; Samajwadi Party demands high-level inquiry</a></strong></p>.<p>"Journalists uncover the truth, warn the administration about the dangers. The government is asleep," she alleged.</p>.<p>Does the government that is "nurturing jungle raj" have any answers for the tears of the family of journalist Sulabh Srivastava, Priyanka Gandhi asked.</p>.<p>Srivastava had recently run a news story against the liquor mafia in the region. Then on June 12, he wrote to the Prayagraj additional director general of police to seek protection.</p>.<p>Additional Superintendent of Police Surendra Dwivedi said Srivastava died in a crash while returning from Asrahi village under the Lalganj police station area after reporting on an illegal arms manufacturing unit uncovered there.</p>.<p>Following the crash, a severely injured Srivastava was taken to the district hospital, where doctors declared him dead, he said.</p>
<p>Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Monday hit out at the Uttar Pradesh government over the death of a journalist, who had recently run a story on the liquor mafia and was killed in what police said was a road accident.</p>.<p>The Congress general secretary accused the Yogi Adityanath dispensation of "nurturing jungle raj".</p>.<p>The 42-year-old news channel reporter, Sulabh Srivastava, died as his motorcycle rammed a pole near a brick kiln in Sukhpal Nagar under the Kotwali police station area of Pratapgarh on Sunday, police said.</p>.<p>"The liquor mafia from Aligarh to Pratapgarh: has caused death throughout the state. The government is silent," Priyanka Gandhi said in a tweet in Hindi.</p>.<p><strong><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/north-and-central/up-journalist-death-police-register-murder-case-samajwadi-party-demands-high-level-inquiry-997462.html" target="_blank">Read | UP journalist death: Police register murder case; Samajwadi Party demands high-level inquiry</a></strong></p>.<p>"Journalists uncover the truth, warn the administration about the dangers. The government is asleep," she alleged.</p>.<p>Does the government that is "nurturing jungle raj" have any answers for the tears of the family of journalist Sulabh Srivastava, Priyanka Gandhi asked.</p>.<p>Srivastava had recently run a news story against the liquor mafia in the region. Then on June 12, he wrote to the Prayagraj additional director general of police to seek protection.</p>.<p>Additional Superintendent of Police Surendra Dwivedi said Srivastava died in a crash while returning from Asrahi village under the Lalganj police station area after reporting on an illegal arms manufacturing unit uncovered there.</p>.<p>Following the crash, a severely injured Srivastava was taken to the district hospital, where doctors declared him dead, he said.</p>