Recent violence in Sambhal, Uttar Pradesh figured in both house of Parliament on Tuesday.  While Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav in the Lok Sabha criticized the local administration, his uncle Ram Gopal Yadav claimed in the Rajya Sabha that violence was pre-planned.

Raising the issue in the Lok Sabha, Akhilesh Yadav said violence part of a "well-planned" conspiracy and that the talk of "khudai" (digging) across the country by the BJP and its associates will end up hurting communal amity.

The former Uttar Pradesh chief minister squarely blamed the local police and administration for the recent violence in Sambhal.

He alleged that police personnel fired from official and personal weapons, killing five innocent people and injuring dozens after some locals pelted stones at them to protest their high-handedness.

The MP from Kannauj demanded the suspension of guilty officials and registration of a murder case against them to ensure that there is no such "violation" of the Constitution again.

Akhilesh Yadav, amid occasional interruptions from the treasury benches, suggested that the BJP's inner politics was also at work and claimed that it was a "battle" between Delhi and Lucknow.

Ram Gopal Yadav said in the Rajya Sabha Sambhal was converted into a police zone and people were baffled why it was being done.

At one point, water started flowing out of the mosque and people thought some mischief was happening inside. Peace was disturbed with police opening fire, in which five people were killed and several injured, he said.

Ram Gopal Yadav, however, failed to complete his speech and Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar said certain parts of his statement would not go on record. At this, the SP and some other opposition parties staged a walkout.

Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) MP E T Mohammed Basheer described the Sambhal incident as shocking.

"The peaceful coexistence (of different communities) in this country is becoming more and more difficult. We have to preserve our secularism," he said.

Basheer alleged the government is supporting the campaign aimed at targeting mosques and demanded a comprehensive inquiry by a judicial commission.  Akhilesh Yadav also spoke outside Parliament and said the Uttar Pradesh government was behind the incident.