Assembly adjourned over Maya's carve-UP bill

November 21, 2011 11:38

The Uttar Pradesh assembly has been adjourned till 12:20 pm following an uproar over a resolution to split Uttar Pradesh into four states, says an NDTV report.

Chief Minister Mayawati on Sunday asked BSP lawmakers to attend in full strength the Winter Session of Vidhan Sabha beginning today. Issuing instructions to this effect to party MPs, MLAs and ministers at a meeting in Lucknow, she advised them to raise issues of public interest like corruption, Lokpal Bill and problems of the common man.

She also asked them to vehemently counter the Opposition charges in their respective Houses. She said a resolution to reorganise Uttar Pradesh into four states would be presented and a vote on account tabled in the Vidhan Sabha.

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