The Bijnor incident, in which a murder accused was shot dead inside a courtroom, rocked the Uttar Pradesh assembly with opposition stalling the proceeding of the House for most of the question hour on Wednesday.
As the House assembled for the day, members of the opposition parties, including Samajwadi Party and Congress, trouped into the well of the House raising anti-government slogans and stalled the proceedings.
The Bahujan Samajwadi Party members, however, remained seated on their seats.
The members refused to budge even on the assurance of Speaker Hriday Narain Dikshit that he would allow members to raise the issue at appropriate time.
As the opposition members were raising slogans Labour Minister Swami Prasad Maurya, who was donning the role of parliamentary affairs minister in the absence of Suresh Khanna, said that as the opposition had no issue before them, they were creating din in the House.
Later, the Speaker adjourned the House, first for 30 minutes and then till 12:00 hours.
After the adjournment, the House resumed the question hour at 12:00 hours in which just three questions were taken up.
Leader of the opposition Ram Govind Chaudhary (of SP) also slammed the state government over the grim law and order situation in the state.
“When criminals are killing people inside court, how can the common man be safe in the state?” he asked.
UP Congress president Ajay Kumar ‘Lallu’ demanded resignation of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, saying that when criminals were openly killing people inside courtroom, how could the Bharatiya Janata Party make claims of ‘Ram rajya’’ (in the state).
“The Yogi government has no moral right to continue in the office as law and order has deteriorated. The Bijnor incident is a glaring example of the state of affairs in this regime,” he said.