UP legislature rocked by opposition furore over law and order

Lucknow, Jan 24 (UNI) Some vociferous scenes raised by all the opposition parties over law and order of the state prompted adjournment of both the Houses of the Uttar Pradesh legislature.

UP Assembly Speaker Mata Prasad Pandey adjourned the House for about an hour suspending question hour in the process while the UP Council was adjourned for the day.

In both the Houses, the opposition members from BSP, BJP, Congress and RLD were agitated over the deteriorating law and order in the state and demanding urgent discussions on the cases of Nithari, Kavita and the recent rape case on Madarsa girls in Allahabad.

In assembly, all the opposition members were one while shouting anti-government slogans alleging the Samajwadi Party-led ruling dispensation being insensitive to people's problems.

Despite the assurance from the Speaker that they would be heard at proper time, the opposition members stormed into the House disrupting the proceedings entirely.

It continued for few minutes till the Speaker adjourned the House for about an hour.

Still not satisfied, the BSP members in the House squattered on the floor and remained there as the House went for an adjournment.

UNI