As UP Assembly goes paperless, MLAs fumble with tablets

The e-Vidhan that has made the Uttar Pradesh state Assembly go paperless, is proving cumbersome for the legislators, many of whom are not tech-savvy. While the BJP MLAs and ministers are going an extra mile to learn how to operate the tablets installed on their seats and some are even taking classes from their children or others to learn the functioning of the device, opposition members are vocal about their reservations of the new system. Another SP MLA said that the government wanted to leave the opposition grappling with the new system so that focus could be diverted from other important issues. Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party leader Om Prakash Rajbhar was seen peering into a pamphlet to learn how to operate the device on occasions more than one. Senior ministers like Suresh Khanna and Surya Pratap Shahi were Also Read: Yogi-Akhilesh face-off in UP assembly over law & order, CM Adityanath taunts ex-CM with Mulayam's old remark