Ruckus in Haryana assembly

CHANDIGARH: The Supreme Court judgment in the Manesar land deal led to pandemonium in the Haryana assembly on Tuesday with the ruling BJP MLAs creating an uproar demanding the arrest of former chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda over his alleged role in illegal land acquisition.

Finance minister Capt Abhimanyu said it was an important matter and should be discussed in the House. “The farmers of the state have been defrauded by the former chief minister. Look at the irony that Congress has appointed him as the chairperson of a committee on agriculture,” he said.

Leader of Opposition Abhay Singh Chautala, however, changed the course of discussion and said chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar should get an FIR registered regarding the audio clip purportedly featuring BJP members talking about paying a political appointee.

On this, Khattar said an inquiry should be carried out before arriving at any conclusion in such cases.

When Khattar mentioned Hooda while quoting instances of inquiries conducted before filing of cases, Congress MLA Dr Raghuvir Singh Kadian objected by saying that anyone, who was not present in the House to defend himself, cannot be spoken about. “The Congress government plundered the state for 10 years and then BJP wasted another four years doing nothing against it. Instead of flashing newspapers, BJP MLAs should apologise,” Chautala said.