Opposition BSP and BJP stalled the proceedings of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly over law and order situation and the Moradabad incidents in the state forcing Speaker to adjourn the House for over an hour in the morning suspending the question hour.
The BSP members sat on dharna in State Assembly even before the House assembled at 11 am They started raising slogans against the government when the Speaker began the proceedings of the House.
It was a piquant situation as BSP members were inside the well of the House while BJP members stood on their seats rising anti-government slogans.
The BSP members also waved banners — ‘Modi- Aki raj, Mahangai aur Jungleraj’ and other slogans ‘Jungleraj- Goondaraj, SP sarkar-SP raj.’
leader of the Opposition and BSP member Swami Prasad Maurya said both BJP and SP were in nexus in throwing the state into communal disturbances. He said both the BJP government at the Centre and the UP government have failed to address people’s problems.
Amid the din Parliamentary Affairs Minister Md Azam Khan blamed the BJP of disturbing communal peace in Kanth area of Moradabad recently.
‘During the Kanth incident, BJP activists, mostly from out of the state, removed the rail fish plates and even tried to torch a bogie. They tried to re-enact Godhra incident but police action thwarted that,’ he said.
BJP’s deputy leader in the House Satish Mahana however blamed SSP Moradabad behind the incident. He said the political statement of the SSP was indicative of fact that he was working as SP spokesman.
The BJP has also demanded action against SSP Dharamveer Singh, who had said ‘BJP was raising the Kanth issue for winning the Assembly by-elections.’