Kanpur Dehat mother-daughter self-immolation set to dominate coming Uttar Pradesh Budget session
The Hindu
The opposition parties are united in cornering the BJP-led government on this issue, along with concerns about law and order and price rise ahead of the Budget session starting February 20
The coming Budget session of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly is all set to witness a hot debate on the Kanpur Dehat incident in which a 45-year-old woman and her daughter immolated themselves during an anti-encroachment drive.
The opposition parties are united in cornering the BJP-led government on this issue as well on issues of law and order and price rise.
The BJP has on the other hand categorically stated the opposition has no issues to corner it on the floor of the House.
The Budget session of the UP Legislature will begin on February 20, and the State's Budget is likely to be presented on February 22.
The Samajwadi Party had on February 15 said it would raise the matter of the death of a woman and her daughter in the house to get their family justice.
Pramila Dixit and her 20-year-old daughter Neha set themselves on fire on February 13 in their hut in the presence of police, district administration, and revenue officials who had come to the village to demolish encroachments on the " gram samaj" land in Kanpur Dehat district.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday ordered a magisterial inquiry into the death of the two women.
Justice G. Jayachandran of the Madras High Court has said that Justice G.R. Swaminathan has exhibited bias against the State police by “showing interest in passing orders hastily without consulting the Bench partner (Justice P.B. Balaji)“ in a habeas corpus petition filed against the preventive detention of YouTuber ‘Savukku’ Shankar alias A. Shankar under the Goondas Act.