Cong stages walkout amid noisy scenes in assembly

The Punjab assembly witnessed noisy scenes on Friday with Congress members staging a walkout from the House over the murder of Abohar businessman Sanjay Verma by three assailants on July 7.

- HT Correspondent

As soon as the House proceedings began on Day 2 of the special session, leader of Opposition (LoP) Partap Singh Bajwa got up and raised the issue, demanding a discussion on the incident, but speaker Kultar Singh Sandhwan did not allow the request. The speaker informed the member that there was no zero hour during a special session. Bajwa stuck to his demand and sought the speaker's attention to allow him to take up the matter.

However, the speaker asked AAP member Karambir Singh Ghuman to proceed with his calling attention notice regarding the dilapidated condition of bus stand building in his Dasuya assembly constituency. He also told the LoP that they will get adequate time to raise their issues in the House.