LUCKNOW, Feb. 17 -- The Uttar Pradesh legislative council on Tuesday witnessed a heated exchange between the Samajwadi Party (SP) and the government over the issue of power supply, prompting the opposition to stage a walkout.

Under Rule 105 (adjournment motion), SP members Lal Bihari Yadav, Kiran Pal Kashyap, Rajendra Chaudhary, Man Singh Yadav, Mukul Yadav, Ashutosh Sinha and Balram Yadav, among others, moved an adjournment notice over the deteriorating power supply situation in the state.

Kiran Pal Kashyap, Shah Alam and Ashutosh Sinha spoke on the admissibility of the notice, alleging that electricity services in the state were going from bad to worse. They also accused the power department of widespread corruption and harassment of ...