The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) members created ruckus in the Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha on Tuesday over the lack of security and other facilities in the parks and memorials constructed by the previous Mayawati Government leading to its walkout.
The BSP members alleged that as these parks have been left unattended, valuable granite slabs were stolen. “In one case, thieves used gas cutters to cut the copper plates from the elephants stalled at the BR Ambedkar Memorial in the State capital,” Indrajeet Saroj, a senior party member said.
The issue was raised through an adjournment notice by leader of the Opposition in the Assembly Swami Prasad during zero hour. He said in an act of political vendetta the Samajwadi Party Government has neglected these monuments. “The staff who was deployed to protect these monuments have been sacked,” he said.
Sparks started flying when Parliamentary Affairs Minister Md Azam Khan said that these memorials were constructed through hard earned money of the common man.
“As efforts are being made to preserve monuments of Muhgal Sultanat, similarly our Government will preserve these monuments built from the “khoon passine ki kamai” of mazdoor,” Khan said.