The Question Hour was washed out in both Vidhan Sabha and Vidhan Parishad in the uproar created by the opposition over various issues, including law and order, on the second day of the brief winter session on Wednesday.
Samajwadi Party members waved posters and banners over issues relating to farmers and law and order as the House assembled on Wednesday.
Speaker Hriday Narayan Dikshit tried to pacify the opposition members and asked them to raise the issue after Question Hour. But when the SP members continued to press for immediate discussion on the matter, the Speaker adjourned the House, first for 30 minutes and later extended it till 12:20 pm.
After the adjournment, the SP members staged a sit-in in the Well of the House.
Later, the SP members alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party government was evasive and had hence called for a short session of the legislature.
The SP leaders said that farmers’ problems and law and order situation in the state had reached the nadir and the BJP government had failed to address them.
In the Vidhan Parishad also, the Question Hour could not be taken up on Wednesday due to the din created by the opposition over poor law and order in the state and problems being faced by farmers.
SP MLCs protested in the Well of the House, while Congress and Bahujan Samaj Party members stood on their seats and shouted slogans like ‘Kanoon vyawastha dhwast hai, Yogi baba mast hai’ and “Sasta aaloo, mehanga balu, Baba nikla sabse chalu’ etc.
As soon as the House commenced at 11 am, SP members stormed into the Well and started raising slogans. Chairman Ramesh Yadav adjourned the House for 20 minutes.
The situation did not improve when the House reassembled and it was initially adjourned till 12 noon and then again till 12:20 pm.
Leader of opposition Ahmed Hasan (SP) said that the law and order situation in the state was very bad and charged the government with not paying attention to it.
Amidst the din, leader of the House, Dinesh Sharma (BJP), presented the second supplementary budget for 2018-19.
The House was later adjourned for the day.