Akhilesh cancels NY consulate reception following insult to Azam Khan

Expressing his annoyance over his senior minister Azam Khan's detention at Boston Airport, Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav has cancelled a reception that was to be hosted in his honour by New York Consul general Dnyaneshwar Mulay. According to reports Yadav has also refused to deliver his lecture at Harvard University in protest against his minister Azam Khan's detention at Boston airport.