
Uttar Pradesh Budget session | Samajwadi Party disrupts Governor's address with 'go back' slogans
The Hindu
Lucknow The Uttar Pradesh Assembly started on a stormy note on February 20 with the Opposition Samaj
The Uttar Pradesh Assembly started on a stormy note on February 20 with the Opposition Samajwadi Party (SP) disrupting Governor Anandiben Patel’s address with “Rajyapal wapas jao” slogans.
The Budget session of the State commenced at 11 a.m. with Ms. Patel continuing to read her address to the joint sitting of the House amidst the sloganeering.
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Earlier in the day, the SP MLAs led by party general secretary Shivpal Singh Yadav staged a dharna in the Assembly premises, raising various issues including that of farmers and law and order situation in the State.
Mr. Yadav told reporters that they want to raise issues related to public interest in the House.
While trying to evict the SP legislators, marshals posted in the premises had a scuffle with photojournalists at the site, leading to protests.
Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya termed the protest as an attempt to “vitiate” the atmosphere and said the Opposition party is left with no valid issue to raise.

The public meeting by BJP-backed Rashtriya Suraksha Janandolana Samiti to protest against the February 10 stone-pelting incidents outside the Udayagiri police station in Mysuru passed off peacefully on Monday after the city police modified its prohibitory orders in the wake of the conditional permission given to the samiti by the Karnataka High Court.