Pandemonium on Day-1 of UP Budget session, paper balls thrown at Governor

SP legislator hurts himself during ruckus by opposition benches, hospitalised

The inaugural day of the Uttar Pradesh legislature’s budget session today was marked by unruly scenes with paper balls hurled at Governor Ram Naik by Opposition members, even as he addressed the joint sitting of the two houses.

In the chaos and pandemonium marked by the slogan shouting by the Opposition, Samajwadi Party (SP) legislator Subhash Pasi hurt himself in the head after slipping from the table. He was later rushed to hospital for treatment.

No sooner had the house assembled for the day’s proceedings, Opposition legislators carrying placards and banners began shouting slogans against the Yogi Adityanath government over