Uproar in Parliament over ban on VHP yatra

[SneakFreak]

SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav on Monday defended the UP government's action to prevent the Vishwa Hindu Parishad from going ahead with its yatra in Ayodhya.

Accusing the BJP of playing vote bank politics, Mulayam told Lok Sabha that the UP government was only following the orders of the Supreme Court.

Rejecting the SP charges, BJP MP Yogi Aditya Nath demanded that the UP govt be dismissed for its actions on Sunday against the Hindu priests.

Earlier, both the Houses of Parliament were adjourned till noon following noisy protests by the BJP and SP members over the UP govt's move to prevent the Vishwa Hindu Parishad's yatra.

In the Lok Sabha, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Samajwadi Party(SP) moved notices for suspending question hour to discuss the issue.

Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar requested them to take up the matter in zero hour but SP members resorted to sloganeering.

Following this, the speaker allowed the Samajwadi Party to speak on the matter.

But chaos prevailed as many members started speaking, forcing the Speaker to adjourn the House till noon.

Similar scenes were witnessed in the Rajya Sabha, where SP members shouted slogans.

Rajya Sabha chairperson Hamid Ansari repeatedly requested the members to allow the House to run.

As pandemonium continued, the House was first adjourned for 15 minutes and then till noon.

The Uttar Pradesh government on Sunday stopped VHP from carrying out its "84 kosi parikrama yatra".