Chandigarh, Feb. 27 -- Proceedings of the Haryana Vidhan Sabha continued on Friday, with the Opposition raising the issue of an alleged paddy procurement scam in the state. Congress MLAs Aditya Surjewala and Ashok Arora moved a Calling Attention motion over the matter.

Responding to the allegations, Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini said that if any irregularities had occurred in paddy procurement, the government had taken action. Referring to Ashok Arora's claim of a Rs 5,000 crore scam, the Chief Minister countered that even bigger scams had taken place during the Congress regime.

Sharing procurement data, he said, "In 2021-22, 54.72 lakh metric tonnes (MT) of PR and non-basmati paddy were procured in Haryana, followed by 59.29...