Guwahati, Aug. 9: Pandemonium in the Assembly reflected the Ulfa-triggered mayhem outside with AGP and BJP legislators walking out of the House twice today after lambasting the Tarun Gogoi government for allegedly making light of the violence since Saturday.

Speaker Prithibi Majhi adjourned the proceedings for 15 minutes when a noisy Opposition demanded a discussion immediately on the deterioration of law and order. The Speaker announced Zero Hour when the House reassembled, which angered the AGP further.

?We need to discuss the issue in totality. The government should have made a suo moto statement instead of us raising the issue. It is very sad,? said Hitendra Nath Goswami, AGP legislator from Jorhat.

Party president Brindaban Goswami and colleague Dilip Kumar Saikia echoed him, citing how a Dhemaji-like tragedy was barely averted in front of two schools in Jorhat town yesterday.

Majhi was ostensibly unmoved, leading to the first of the AGP?s two walkouts. The BJP followed suit.

The Opposition legislators returned when minister of state for home Rockybul Hussain made a statement, giving details of the incidents over the past four days (17 blasts, 4 dead, 5 wounded) and trying to prove that the situation had actually improved in comparison to the first four years of the erstwhile AGP-led government?s term in Dispur.

?I do not want to compare, but it is inevitable because a message is being sent out that law and order has collapsed. Our ultimate aim is to bring about lasting peace,? he said.

Hussain announced ex gratia of Rs 3 lakh to the families of those killed in the spate of violence.

The AGP legislators were back on their feet once the home minister ended his speech. Goswami insisted on a discussion, saying the figures did not reflect the gravity of the situation.

The AGP members then trooped out of the Assembly once again, joined by the BJP.

Goswami told the media later that the Ulfa?s terror run and the parallel efforts to broker talks between the militant group and Delhi were sending confusing signals to the people.