Sambhal violence: lop rahul gandhi, akhilesh yadav and others stage walkout in lok sabha

Some of the Congress members also rose to their feet and the Leader of the Opposition in the House Rahul Gandhi came to the isle in support of the protest. While the protest was on,

Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju reached out to Yadav to discuss the issue. Opposition MPs stage a walkout during the Winter session of Parliament, in New Delhi. (PTI Photo)

Almost the entire opposition in the Lok Sabha, including Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi, on Tuesday staged a brief walkout from the House over the recent violence in Uttar

Pradesh's Sambhal. As soon as the House assembled to take up the Question Hour, Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Akhilesh Yadav rose from his seat and raised the issue, seeking Speaker Om

Birla's permission to speak on the subject. "This is a very serious matter. Five people have lost their lives," Yadav was heard saying. As the Speaker said members could raise

the issue in the Zero Hour, Yadav and his party colleagues started to walk out in protest. Some SP members, meanwhile, rushed to the Well, raising slogans. While the SP members were

protesting in the Well of the House, DMK member A Raja was seen exhorting other opposition members, including those from the Congress, to rise from their seats and join the SP protest. NCP

and Shiv Sena-UBT members stood up in support of the Samajwadi Party MPs. Some of the Congress members also rose to their feet and the Leader of the Opposition in the House Rahul Gandhi came

to the isle in support of the protest. While the protest was on, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju reached out to Yadav to discuss the issue. After some time, Yadav was seen

gesturing his party's MPs to leave and the opposition members, including Gandhi, staged a walkout. The MPs then returned to participate in the ongoing Question Hour. _(Except for the

headline, this story has not been edited by DNA staff and is published from PTI)_