Ex-MLA’s son shot dead, issue to rock UP assembly
lucknow — The son of a former BJP MLA was shot dead at a spot close to the Uttar Pradesh legislature complex late on Saturday night and the issue is likely to rock the state Assembly and the Legislative Council on Monday.
Vaibhav Tiwari, 36, son of former Domariyaganj MLA Prem Prakash Tiwari, was allegedly shot at from point blank range at the Kasmanda House, barely 300 metres from the UP legislature building and the state BJP headquarters, police officials said.
His father was the BJP MLA from Domariyaganj in 1989, 1991 and 1993. In 2014, he had joined the Samajwadi Party though in this year’s Assembly polls, he campaigned for the BJP.
The killing happened at a time when the opposition has been attacking the Adityanath dispensation on the law and order front. Opposition MLAs indicated that they were in no mood to spare the government over Vaibhav Tiwari’s killing, an incident that sent shock-waves across the political spectrum.
“We will not allow the House to function. The state government has to give a categorical answer on the law and order situation. It has to make clear who is patronising criminal elements,” Samajwadi Party legislator Sunil Singh Sajan said.
The first two days of the ongoing winter session of the state legislature witnessed turmoil over law and order and other issues leading to repeated adjournments.
The scene is unlikely to be any different in both the Houses tomorrow as the opposition has decided to press for a discussion on the law and order situation.
“As soon as the Question Hour is over, we will press for a discussion. If the government runs away from discussion, we will launch a mass movement,” Sajan said. —