Congress legislators on Monday staged a walkout from the Uttar Pradesh Assembly after alleging that they had not received satisfactory answers over farmers' issues raised.
A one-day session of the state legislature in Uttar Pradesh will be convened on December 31 to ratify the 126th amendment to the Indian constitution.
The Chief Minister has also ordered holding of quiz programmes and exhibitions focusing on the Preamble of the Constitution in schools and universities. He has also ordered production of short films on all the basic duties mentioned in Article 51A.
With Azam Khan's wife Tanzeen Fatima now winning his Rampur seat in the bypolls on Thursday, the state assembly will now see the mother and son together in the House.
Commenting on her presence at the assembly session, Aditi Singh said she had the opportunity to speak on the issues raised in the session.
The Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly on Tuesday witnessed unruly scenes as opposition Samajwadi Party charged the state government with attempts to frame its leader Azam Khan in land grabbing cases in Rampur.
This will be the third budget of the Yogi Adityanath government.
The UP Excise (Amendment) Bill 2017, which was tabled in the House yesterday by Parliamentary Affairs Minister Suresh Khanna repealing the ordinance brought by the government in September in this regard was passed by a voice vote.
At the start of the council session, Samajwadi Party (SP) members raised anti-government slogans and protested against the power tariff hike which they dubbed as "steep".
The issue is likely to be decided when Bharatiya Janata Party president Amit Shah arrives on Saturday on a three-day visit to the state capital
Principal Secretary (Home) Arvind Kumar added that the preliminary test conducted using explosive detection kit was positive for Pentaerythritol tetranitrate (PETN).
The UP ATS today conducted a mockdrill in the precincts of the UP Assembly to plug possible loopholes in security, days after explosive was found inside the building.
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