During the general discussion on the income-expenditure of the financial year 2023-24 in the Legislative Council on Monday, the opposition expressed concerns over the budget provisions while the ruling party highlighted their achievements and defended the budget. The proceedings were interrupted by a ruling party MLCs remarks, leading to adjournment.BSP MLC Bhimrao Ambedkar raises concernsBSP MLC Bhimrao Ambedkar started the general discussion by referring to the provisions made in the budget. He said the government should tell how it will spend the remaining amount of the previous budget in a month. The departments given last year and till now the rules have been made for the related work. What will be the provision of the budget released for themRaising the issue of minimum wages, he alleged that the minimum wage rules have not yet been framed, and the rules for outsourcing and contract workers were not made intentionally. On this, the ruling party members pointed towards Swami Prasad Maurya sitting next to Ambedkar and said that Maurya was the minister then. The opposition opposed this.MLC Dhruv Kumar Tripathi raises education concernsDhruv Kumar Tripathi alleged there is no teacher to teach in schools in rural areas. Computer teachers were hired for three years, and he was removed after the change of power. No provision was made for this in this budget. Even when the Vidhansabha and Vidhan Parishad are going digital, why was no provision made in the budget to keep computer teachers in secondary schools He accused the officers of working arbitrarily.Proposed amendment billThe Uttar Pradesh State Legislature has passed an amendment bill to provide a monthly pension of Rs 25,000 to the families of 321 late MLAs who passed away before 2016. The previous pension amount was Rs 10,000 per month. The families of 287 Vidhansabha members and 25 Vidhan Parishad members will benefit from this amendment. This decision aims to provide better support to the families of late MLAs and is a step towards honouring their contribution to the state.Ruling party defends the budget and policiesMLC Rajbahadur Singh Chandel said that there is nothing new in the budget. He raised the issue of old pensions, recruitment of teachers and negligence in the deployment of teachers in schools. Teachers should be posted in schools according to the number of students. Participating in the discussion, MLC Ashwani Tyagi of the ruling party said that the unemployment rate was 14.7 per cent between 2012-2017, which has now come down to 4.2.Tyagi highlighted the governments initiatives and accomplishments, such as equipping sugar mills with state-of-the-art facilities, freeing more than 70 thousand hectares of land from encroachment, and providing electricity to every village for 18 to 20 hours through the Power for All project. MLC Vijay Bahadur Pathak praised the governments plans, benefiting every section of society, not just minorities.Ruckus over remarks made by ruling party MLCAshwani Tyagi, MLC of the ruling party, has repeatedly spoken that the opposition members should be ashamed. Lal Bihari Yadav of the opposition objected to this and said that take care of the dignity of the House. There was a lot of tussle between the ruling party and the opposition on this issue.Minister Dharampal Singh discusses the stray cattle issueIn response to questions related to stray cattle in the Vidhan Sabha on Monday, Dharampal Singh, the Livestock Minister, said that the opposition is trying to save butchers by taking the support of farmers on the issue of stray cattle. He said the crops are not getting damaged due to stray animals in the state.The heated debate between the ruling party and opposition over budget provisions during a discussion on income-expenditure of FY 2023-24 in the states Legislative Council proceedings adjourned due to uproar caused by remarks made by ruling party MLC.
