<p class="title">The reported killing of Apple executive Vivek Tiwari by a policeman acquired a caste angle as 'Brahmin' BJP leaders took potshots at chief minister Yogi Adityanath embarrassing their own government.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Not wanting to lag behind, BSP supremo Mayawati also joined the saffron leaders saying that 'Brahmins' (the community from which Tiwari hailed) were being ''persecuted'' under the present regime.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A host of 'Brahmin' BJP leaders, including a minister and two legislators, apparently worried over the fallout of the killing, targeted their own government saying that the incident reflected that the administration is ''insensitive''.</p>.<p class="bodytext">''It shows that people with criminal mindset are in the police force... It is a blot on the state government,'' Kalraj Mishra, senior BJP leader and former union minister said on Monday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Brijesh Pathak, a state minister, shot off a letter to Adityanath claiming that some senior police officers were trying to ''shield'' the guilty and sought stern action against the policeman.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Two BJP legislators Rajni Tiwari and Rajesh Kumar Mishra also shot off letters to the chief minister seeking action against senior police officers.</p>.<p class="bodytext">While the Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav questioned the ''encounters'' by the police and demanded Adityanath's resignation, Mayawati said that 'Brahmins' were being ''persecuted'' under the present dispensation.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Mayawati, who sent her party general secretary Satish Chandra Mishra to meet the victim's family, said that the BJP government had adopted an ''apathetic'' attitude toward the community.</p>.<p class="bodytext">According to the political observers in Lucknow, the BJP is worried over the fallout of the killing, especially in the 'Brahmin' community, which was considered to be its vote bank.</p>.<p class="bodytext">''Brahmins are considered to be the supporters of the BJP. It's worried that the killing of a Brahmin techie may show the saffron party in a bad light,'' said a former faculty member at Lucknow University.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Tiwari was shot dead by a policeman early on Saturday morning in Lucknow, while he was on his way to drop a female colleague after an official event.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Tiwari was shot after he did not stop his vehicle despite being asked to do so by the policeman.</p>
<p class="title">The reported killing of Apple executive Vivek Tiwari by a policeman acquired a caste angle as 'Brahmin' BJP leaders took potshots at chief minister Yogi Adityanath embarrassing their own government.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Not wanting to lag behind, BSP supremo Mayawati also joined the saffron leaders saying that 'Brahmins' (the community from which Tiwari hailed) were being ''persecuted'' under the present regime.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A host of 'Brahmin' BJP leaders, including a minister and two legislators, apparently worried over the fallout of the killing, targeted their own government saying that the incident reflected that the administration is ''insensitive''.</p>.<p class="bodytext">''It shows that people with criminal mindset are in the police force... It is a blot on the state government,'' Kalraj Mishra, senior BJP leader and former union minister said on Monday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Brijesh Pathak, a state minister, shot off a letter to Adityanath claiming that some senior police officers were trying to ''shield'' the guilty and sought stern action against the policeman.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Two BJP legislators Rajni Tiwari and Rajesh Kumar Mishra also shot off letters to the chief minister seeking action against senior police officers.</p>.<p class="bodytext">While the Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav questioned the ''encounters'' by the police and demanded Adityanath's resignation, Mayawati said that 'Brahmins' were being ''persecuted'' under the present dispensation.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Mayawati, who sent her party general secretary Satish Chandra Mishra to meet the victim's family, said that the BJP government had adopted an ''apathetic'' attitude toward the community.</p>.<p class="bodytext">According to the political observers in Lucknow, the BJP is worried over the fallout of the killing, especially in the 'Brahmin' community, which was considered to be its vote bank.</p>.<p class="bodytext">''Brahmins are considered to be the supporters of the BJP. It's worried that the killing of a Brahmin techie may show the saffron party in a bad light,'' said a former faculty member at Lucknow University.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Tiwari was shot dead by a policeman early on Saturday morning in Lucknow, while he was on his way to drop a female colleague after an official event.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Tiwari was shot after he did not stop his vehicle despite being asked to do so by the policeman.</p>
