Chandigarh, June 25 -- Haryana assembly Speaker Harvinder Kalyan has rejected the reply submitted by leader of opposition (LoP) Bhupinder Singh Hooda regarding the parallel session held by the Congress MLAs within the assembly premises on April 27.

The Speaker in a statement said that Hooda's response was vague, misleading, factually incorrect, and contrary to constitutional and parliamentary norms. Kalyan said the reply lacked expression of regret or remorse and contained unfounded advice, making it unsatisfactory.

The Congress MLAs had stayed away from the one-day special Haryana assembly session on April 27, which the BJP government convened primarily to politically target the Opposition on the women's reservation issue.

The Congres...