The Uttar Pradesh Assembly today passed a bill for raising a special force to provide security to the 10 memorials, parks and statues of Dalit icons built by the Mayawati government in Lucknow and Gautam Buddha Nagar districts. amid boycott of opposition parties.<br/><br/>This force is estimated to incur an expenditure of around 14 crore rupees annually. Demanding that the bill be referred to a select committee of the House, opposition members termed the bill as indicative of autocracy of the majority.<br/>