Oppn boycotts UP Assembly for third day,holds parallel 'House'

Opposition members today boycotted the proceedings of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly for the third day, accusing the Leader of the House of not taking any initiative to end the deadlock.

Instead of participating in the proceedings of the House, members of the Samajwadi Party, the BSP and the Congress sat in the Central Hall and ran a parallel "House".

The opposition has accused the treasury benches of threatening them and using unparliamentary language.

"The government is not serious on the issue being raised by the opposition. No attempt has been made by the Leader of the House (Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath) to end the deadlock and run the House. To mark our protest, we sat at Central hall and I was made Leader of the House, while Ram Govind Chowdhury was leader of opposition and Lalji Verma was made Speaker," Congress Legislature Party leader Ajay Kumar Lallu told

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