Uproar in U.P. assembly over Pathak's MSY comment

WHEN THE HOUSE REASSEMBLED, THE SPEAKER SAID NO COMMENTS SHOULD HAVE BEEN MADE AGAINST MULAYAM SINGH YADAV

- HT Correspondent

LUCKNOW: The Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha was adjourned for about two hours amid noisy scenes on Monday as Samajwadi Party (SP) members raised slogans, demanding the resignation of deputy chief minister Brajesh Pathak for his comments linked to former chief minister and SP patriarch the late Mulayam Singh Yadav.

They also sought Pathak's apology. Speaker Satish Mahana later said the comments would be expunged from the proceedings.

Question hour was disrupted and the rest of the business of the House (barring the motion of thanks to governor's address before the joint sitting of the two Houses) was taken up amid noisy scenes. This was the first adjournment of the House during the budget session.

Though Pathak did not name Mulayam Singh Yadav directly, he referred to the SP patriarch's comment "boys are boys, they make mistakes" while replying to a question by Samajwadi Party member Samarpal Singh.