The budget session of the Uttar Pradesh State legislature began on a noisy note on Thursday with opposition members, led by BJP, stalling the proceeding of both the Houses – Vidhan Sabha and Vidhan Parishad – leading to adjournment of the House.
Unexpectantely, buoyant at the recent victory in lok Sabha election the BJP took the lead in creating din the State assembly. First BJP members blocked the entry of speaker Mata Prasad Pandey in the House and then entered the well of the House along with other opposition party members raising anti-Government slogans.
With opposition members creating din speaker in the assembly and chairman of the legislative council initially adjourned the respective Houses for an hour and suspend the question hour and when the protest did not die down they adjourned the proceedings for the day after rushing through the agenda amid din.
There were charges and counter-charges by political parties over the ruckus created inside the House.
Parliamentary Affairs Minister Md Azam Khan said that the Government was ready to discuss any issue opposition wants to raise. “There should be decorum inside the House. The opposition wants to discuss law and order issue and we are ready for that. But it seems the opposition is more interested in creating din,” he told reporters here on Thursday.
The BSP however blamed BJP for shielding SP Government because leader of Opposition Swamy Prasad Maurya was not allowed to speak by the BJP members who entered the well of the House raising anti-government slogans.
“The BJP has helped the Samajwadi Party Government to wriggle out of tight situation. There is quid pro quo relationship between SP and BJP,” Murya told reporters after the House was adjournbed.
Initially BJP took the lead first by obstructing the entry of Speaker Mata Prasad Pandey and then
along with the other opposition members entered the well of the House raising 'anti-government' slogans. They were demanding dismissal of the Akhilesh Yadav government, even as the Chief Minister kept watching the entire proceedings from his seat.
Slogans like ''latki lashe Daal me, Akhilesh tere raj me,''--'' UP ban gaya hai Dushkarm raj'',--''Sari Vyavastha ho gayi dhawastha, Sarkar ho gagi hai fail,''--'' Akhilesh raj me ijjat luti thane me'' were raised during the opposition ruckus.
The Speaker tried to pacify the members and also expressed his annoyance over the BJP members for obstructing his way inside the house.
''Your act is undemocratic and such actions only show that you all are heading towards dictatorship,'' he said.
Speaker announced that 12 assembly members have resigned after getting elected to lok Sabha.
In the legislative Council too, the Opposition did not allow Chairman Ganesh Shanker Pandey to function as they raised slogans over law and order situation. The house was immediately adjourned till 1200 hrs after 5 minutes and later it was adjourned for the day.
Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, who is also the state finance minister, will table the budgetary proposals for the current financial year on Friday.