Chandigarh, March 13 -- Noisy scenes were witnessed as the Punjab assembly passed a resolution to refer a breach of privilege matter against Congress MLA Sukhpal Singh Khaira to the Privilege Committee of the House for allegedly calling AAP members "bonded labourers".

The previous privilege motion moved in the Punjab assembly in 2018 was also against Khaira. At that time, he was the leader of Opposition for the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and faced the motion for statements he made regarding illegal mining against Congress MLAs. No action was taken against him by the Speaker then. Later, Khaira joined the Congress in 2021 and now represents the Bholath assembly segment.

It was the third consecutive day when the Khaira issue rocked the ongoing...