Chandigarh, March 17 -- The 12th day of the Haryana Assembly's budget session witnessed a stormy showdown on Tuesday as the Treasury and Opposition benches clashed over the recently concluded Rajya Sabha elections.
As Congress legislators disrupted proceedings, alleging a "murder of democracy" in the wake of a controversial Rajya Sabha election marked by cross-voting and disputed disqualifications.
Tensions escalated during the post-lunch session when Speaker Harvinder Kalyan named eight Congress MLAs for repeated disruptions, triggering a mass walkout by the opposition.
Proceedings took a dramatic turn when Leader of Opposition Bhupinder Singh Hooda accused government ministers of behaving in an inappropriate manner, alleging they were ...