LUCKNOW, Dec. 23 -- Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly speaker Satish Mahana on Tuesday said that members should submit affidavits to him before making allegations against anyone in the House.

Mahana made the statement after leader of opposition (LoP) Mata Prasad Pandey raised a concern that while responding to questions from the opposition, the government does not provide straight answers and instead makes allegations against the previous administration.

During questions hour, Pandey cited an example involving minister of state for basic education (independent charge) Sandeep Singh, who was replying to a question about the condition of schools. "The minister said that during the previous government, transfers were done against money. T...