Lucknow, Aug. 3 -- Samajwadi Party (SP) legislators on Monday staged a protest outside the Uttar Pradesh Assembly as the Monsoon Session commenced, raising slogans over the alleged Ayodhya Ram Mandir donation embezzlement, the NEET paper leak, power supply issues, and fertiliser shortages.

Samajwadi Party leader Shivpal Singh Yadav criticised the duration of the Assembly session, alleging that the government was avoiding discussions on important public issues.

"Look, by calling a three-day session, this government is doing a condemnable thing. There are many problems in the state, and the government is running away from these multiple problems--the issue of donation theft, the issues of the youth. In such a short period of time, running...