#WATCH# | Lucknow, UP: Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Ashutosh Verma says, "The BJP brought the entire city of Lucknow to a standstill yesterday. The traffic system was left completely paralysed. There is immense anger among the traders... it is estimated that traders have suffered losses amounting to crores. How will the BJP justify this disruption caused to the traders' businesses during the auspicious occasion of Diwali?... When the BJP targets others, it should perhaps take a look at its own actions... You hold power in the state, in the panchayats, and in the municipal corporations—so who, exactly, is 'looting' democracy? You have compromised—or 'hacked'—every institution. You manipulate everything to suit your own ends..."