LUCKNOW, March 4 -- Samajwadi Party (SP) on Monday staged a walkout in the Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Parishad (Legislative Council) while accusing the government of doing nothing to address to plight of farmers and stray cattle menace in the state even as the government countered the allegations with facts and figures accusing the opposition party of shedding crocodile tears over the issue.

Raising the issue through the adjournment motion, SP members Lal Bihari Yadav, Balram Yadav, Rajendra Chaudhary, Shahnawaz Khan, Man Singh Yadav and others alleged that the government had done nothing in last eight years to improve the condition of farmers despite its promise to double their income.

They claimed while the farmers' expenses had increased o...