The first sitting of the 17th Uttar Pradesh Assembly witnessed unruly scenes yesterday with the opposition disrupting the proceedings and throwing paper missiles at Governor Ram Naik.
As soon as the national anthem concluded legislators of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and the Samajwadi Party (SP) threw paper missiles at the governor and raised slogans on the issue of law and order in the state. They were carrying posters and banners against the Bharatiya Janata Party government of Yogi Adityanath.
The pandemonium continued for more than 30 minutes. The opposition also accused the BJP government of not fulfilling its electoral promise of loan waiver for farmers and on the matter of reining in criminals and mafia.
Congress legislator Aradhana Mishra held placards on the issue of poor voltage, power cuts and lack of security for women. SP spokesman Rajendra Chaudhary accused the state government of failing completely on all fronts and said that people wearing saffron scarfs were taking law into their hands.
Congress leader Ajay Kumar Lallu accused the government of lying on the loan waiver for farmers and said nothing has been done to ensure payment of arrears for cane growers.
State president of the BSP Ram Achal Rajbhar also accused the government of failing to protect Dalits and said they will ensure that the government is made accountable on this.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has a three-fourth majority in the 403-member state assembly with 325 members along with its allies, while the SP has 47, the BSP 19 and the Congress 7.
Earlier, a lawmaker of the ruling BJP came to the assembly in a bullock cart, while a BSP member arrived in an e-rickshaw.
BJP member Jawahar Lal Rajpur was first stopped by the security at the gates but was allowed in after he showed his ID card and insisted he be allowed in as he was a farmer and the cart was his vehicle.

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