The inaugural sitting of the monsoon session of UP Legislative Council was lost in din as Samajwadi Party members stalled proceedings of the House over deteriorating law and order in the state and other issues, forcing its adjournment  on Thursday. 

The SP legislators in Assembly also staged a dharna over similar issues, including registration of cases against senior party leader and MP Mohammad Azam Khan.

Slamming the Bharatiya Janata Party government over poor law and order situation in the state, the SP members forced the adjournment of the Legislative Council without letting it transact any business. 

As soon as the House met for the day on Thursday, the SP members squatted in the Well of the House and raised anti-government slogans. 

The SP members donning red Gandhi cap  raised slogans over the killing of 11 tribals in Sonebhadra, atrocities on party MP Azam Khan, slaying of two constables in Sambhal and mob lynching. 

Bahujan Samaj Party and Congress members also stood at their respective seats and kept raising anti-government slogans.

Due to the ruckus, the Legislative Council was adjourned for half an hour without taking up the questions listed for the day. 

When the House reassembled, SP members again trooped into the Well of the House and began raising slogans against the BJP government, accusing it of failure on the law and order front. 

With BSP and Congress members too raising slogans from their seats, Chairman Ramesh Yadav adjourned the House for the day. 

Earlier, the House paid tributes to six former members who died in the inter-session period — Devi Dayal Shastri, Tanveer Haidar Usmani, Madhuban Singh, Anwar Ahmad, Harprasad Tiwari and Dr YD Singh. 

In between, a SP MLC from Bahraich, Haji Imlaq Khan, fell ill in the chamber of the leader of opposition and was treated by doctors for rising blood sugar and blood pressure.

Earlier, SP legislators held a protest near the statue of Chaudhury Charan Singh on the Vidhan Bhawan premises over deteriorating law and order in the state. 

Speaking to reporters, SP state chief Naresh Uttam said, “The law and order machinery in the state has come to a grinding halt and false cases are being registered against SP workers and leaders.”

He alleged that almost three dozen fake cases had been registered against senior SP leader Azam Khan. 

“We will raise these issues in the House and protest against the repressive policies of this government,” Uttam said.