India, Oct. 28 -- An ugly face-off erupted between members of the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the Congress outside the Punjab assembly on Tuesday after the opposition party members claimed that they had been stopped from entering the House.

The confrontation, which escalated tensions between the two sides on the final day of the three-day assembly session, began with a protest by the Congress members led by leader of Opposition Partap Singh Bajwa and Bholath MLA Sukhpal Singh Khaira. The Congress members, who came wearing black scarves and carried placards, accused the AAP government of denying them entry into the assembly. Members of the two parties traded accusations and jostled with each other. They also attempted to disrupt each...