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22 April 1997
Title : Bhandari admits to chaos during term
Author : Pioneer News Service
Publication : The Pioneer
Date : April 22, 1997
Uttar Pradesh Governor Romesh Bhandari finally admitted in the
House that the law and order situation in the State had
deteriorated during his tenure.
Proceedings turned turbulent as Opposition members shouted slogans
and waved black flags. After his brief confession, the din drowned
Mr Bhandari's speech forcing him to leave the House mid-way. The
Speaker read out the rest after an adjournment.
According to the 16-page address, the Bahujan Samaj Party -
Bharatiya Janata Party Government would place a resolution on
Uttarakhand in the current session and recommend its creation to
the Centre.
It referred to the special crime control drive launched by the
Government and said "maintaining law and order for the sake of
development is the top priority of my Government".
Promising to root out corruption, Mr Bhandari said, "complaints of
corruption against officers and employees will be enquired into on
a priority basis and stern action will be taken against those fold
guilty so that wrongdoers can be effectively controlled".
Moreover, the necessary amendments would be made in the Cooperative
Act to increase the effectiveness of cooperative societies.
Some of the other important decisions enumerated by the Governor
included setting up of a commission for women's welfare,
implementation of the Ambedkar Village Development Scheme,
scholarships for students belonging to the Scheduled Castes and
Scheduled Tribes, raising cold storage facilities for potato
farmers and licences for 45 new sugar mills in the state.
Soon after the Governor entered the Assembly Hall to read his
address to the joint sitting of the House, the Congress members led
by Mr Naresh Agarwal waved black flags at the Governor and
"Rajyapal vapas jao".
Samajwadi Party members were also on their feet protesting against
the political murders.
They displayed a huge party banner and shouted goondagardi ki
sarkar nahi chalegi (A government of hoodlums will not be allowed
to function.)".
The Governor left within minutes after starting his address,
following which the House was adjourned till 12.30 pm.
However, there were unruly scenes again when the members
re-assembled as the Speaker, Mr Kesri Nath Tripathi, started
reading out the Governor's address.
The Samajwadi Party and Congress members were once again on their
feet, protesting that the Governor had left the House before the
scheduled time at 11 am and had neither read nor tabled his
address.
When the Speaker refused to allow the members to speak on the
issue, they stormed the Well of the House.
Some of them even tried to reach the Speaker's podium but were
prevented by the guards from doing so.
They continued to raise slogans of "goondagardi ki sarkar nahi
chalegi", which finally led to adjournment of the House twice for a
total of 50 minutes.
Later the SP and the Congress group led by Mr Naresh Agarwal staged
a walk-out in protest against the Speaker's ruling that the
Governor's address would be deemed as read.
Earlier, Leader of Opposition Dhani Ram Verma pointed out that the
Governor did not agree to read the address due to several
contradictions.
However, Congress Legislature Party leader Pramod Tiwari said the
Governor, who arrived in the House at 10.56 am, left the House at
10.58 without reading the address.
The Governor's address promised employment-oriented schemes,
efforts to promote agricultural output, reconstitution of the
Janpad Sinchai Bandhu at the district level, facilities to promote
industrial development and abolish the Inspector Raj, steps to male
Public Sector undertakings profitable, steps to provide adequate
power supply, effective measures to check black marketing,
constitution of a Disabled Welfare Department, the setting up of
Mahila Van Panchayats in the hills and the setting up of
engineering colleges in the private sector.
Action would also be taken on the recommendations of the
Expenditure Control Commission to minimise non-productive
expenditure in the state.
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