LUCKNOW, Feb. 10 -- The Uttar Pradesh assembly was adjourned for the day after paying tributes to two deceased members on Tuesday, the second day of the budget session.

Chief minister Yogi Adityanath led the House in condoling the deaths of prof Shyam Bihari Lal and senior Samajwadi Party leader Vijay Singh Gaur.

Yogi described prof Shyam Bihari Lal, a sitting BJP MLA from Faridpur (Bareilly) who died on January 2 at the age of 60, as a cordial public representative connected to grassroots with deep ties to the academic world. He was serving his second term in the assembly.

"He served as president of the Itihas Sankalan Samiti, Bareilly, and was also a member of the executive council of Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi," the CM s...