LUCKNOW, Aug. 4 -- At least two dozen Opposition lawmakers, mostly from the Samajwadi Party, staged a protest on the Ram temple donation controversy and other issues on the Vidhan Bhavan campus before the start of the Monsoon Session of the Uttar Pradesh legislature on Monday. They also demanded action over paper leaks. The Opposition members reached the statue of Chaudhary Charan Singh on the campus at around 10am and shouted slogans against the government. They carried a donation box to symbolise the Ram temple donation theft issue and displayed placards with slogans on the issue. Samajwadi Party MLA Atul Pradhan alleged that BJP leaders had committed "the sin of stealing donations" meant for the Ram temple in Ayodhya and claimed that no concrete action had been taken on the Special Investigation Team (SIT) report constituted to probe the matter. Carrying a donation box on his head during the protest, Pradhan said, "We have come here today to launch a campaign against those who stole devotees' donations." The Opposition also targeted the ruling BJP over law and order, unemployment and welfare schemes. The protesting legislators said paper leaks had adversely affected students and demanded strict action against those responsible. The brief Monsoon session is scheduled to continue till August 6. The Uttar Pradesh government will table the first supplementary budget for 2026-27 on Tuesday. htc...