India, Feb. 10 -- Uttar Pradesh (UP) has transformed itself from a "bottleneck state" into a "breakthrough state," Governor Anandiben Patel said on Monday.

Addressing a joint sitting of both houses of the Uttar Pradesh Legislature on the first day of the Budget Session, Patel highlighted the achievements of the Yogi Adityanath-led Government, even as members of the Samajwadi Party (SP), the main opposition, protested inside and outside the assembly. Patel's over 30-minute address was interrupted by shouts of "Governor go back," and "anti-reservation Government will not work" by the SP members. During her address, SP legislators repeatedly came near the speaker's dais and shouted slogans.

The governor urged the protesting members on thre...