Akhilesh Yadav  -- the man who is being credited with the return of the Samajwadi Party in UP -- addresses the media over reports that SP workers beat up media, women and children in Ballia.

Says that whoever is responsible for the violence will end up in jail. Talking tough, Akhilesh promises firm action against the culprits.

Akhilesh Yadav emphasised that law and order was his party's one big agenda. He promised UP freedom from "Goonda Raj" and said, "We will deal with an iron hand with SP workers who indulge in goondaism and violence."

On Holi, a BSP village pradhan, Munna Lal, a Dalit, was brutally murdered in Mansukhpura Agra; six assailants stormed into his house, ransacked it, and then repeatedly stabbed Munna Lal with a spear till he died. They were all allegedly Samajwadi Party workers. No arrests have been made yet.