The face-off between anti-CAA protesters and police in Aligarh rocked both the Houses of UP Legislature on Monday with opposition parties demanding a judicial probe claiming that law and order situation was spiraling out of hands in the state.

The issue was first raised during Question Hour in the Assembly and later during Zero Hour in both Houses.

Leader of the Opposition Ram Govind Chaudhary alleged that women were beaten up by the police and in the ensuing firing one person was killed. 

“The situation in Aligarh is very tense and innocent people faced harassment of the people,” he said.

However, Parliamentary Affairs minister Suresh Kumar Khanna charged the opposition for instigating violence and claimed that there was no deaths during the violence.

“UP government is committed to maintaining law and order and will take action if anyone takes law into their hand and the opposition were just shedding crocodile tears,” Khanna added.

Later, SP and Congress members joined the issue demanding a debate.

However on pursuance of Speaker Hriday Narain Dikshit, the opposition agreed to raise the issue during Zero Hour in which Samajwadi Party said that the government had willfully targeted members of a particular community.

“This government does not want people to raise voice against its policies. Poor people are out on the streets against the draconian CAA but this government is hell bent on muzzling voice of dissent,” Chaudhary said.

The SP demanded a probe into the matter by the sitting judge of High Court. On the other hand, the Congress demanded a judicial probe into the matter.

The government claimed that the police used restraint and was forced to act when the situation went out of hand. The Parliamentary Affairs Minister ruled out a probe into the matter after which SP members walked out of the Assembly.