Shimla, Aug. 22 -- Uproar, commotion marked the fourth day of the monsoon session of the Himachal Pradesh assembly on Thursday as Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party exchanged barbs over the issue of pending Dearness Allowance (DA) and arrears for state government employees.

Congress blamed the delay and pendency of DA on poor fiscal health of the state owing to restriction imposed by Union government on state for implementing Old Pension Scheme (OPS), while MLA's of the saffron party moved out of the House as protest against what they termed as "political replies" of chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu.

The ruckus began during the question hour when BJP MLA from Una, Satpal Satti, raised the matter of pending DA and arrears. Dissatis...