Lucknow, Feb. 25 -- Samajwadi Party (SP) on Monday staged a walkout in the Upper House alleging the breakdown of law and order in the state. While SP members demanded a debate on the issue, the government launched a counterattack claiming that law and order were its guarantee unlike the SP, which patronised criminals.

Moving the adjournment motion, SP members, including Lal Bihari Yadav, Rajendra Chaudhary, Dr Man Singh Yadav, Mukul Yadav, Ashutosh Sinha, Mohammad Jasmeer Ansari, Balram Yadav and Kiran Pal Kashyap, alleged that law and order had broken down and a 'jungle raj' had replaced the rule of law in the state ever since the BJP came to power in 2017.

They mentioned some specific crime incidents to corroborate their claims.

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