Cong MLA suspended for 1 yr from Hry Assembly

CHANDIGARH: Congress MLA Karan Singh Dalal was suspended from Haryana Assembly on Tuesday for one year after the House saw ugly scenes with the legislator and Leader of Opposition Abhay Singh Chautala charging at each other with a shoe in their hand after hurling abuses, prompting the Speaker to summon marshals.

A resolution to suspend Dalal, which was supported by main opposition INLD, was moved by Finance Minister Capt Abhimanyu over alleged use of derogatory language and misconduct by the Congress

legislator and passed by voice vote in the House.

During the proceedings, the firebrand Congress MLA from Palwal had a heated exchange with Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) leader Chautala and both stopped short of exchanging blows. Chautala held a shoe in his hand as he advanced aggressively towards Dalal who too took out his shoe as both hurled abuses at each other. The Speaker summoned House marshals to form a human chain around the two

legislators. The Congress MLAS including former chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda held Dalal’s hands in a bid to prevent the situation from escalating further. Later, the Assembly was adjourned briefly.

The Congress protested against the suspension of its MLA, alleging that the BJP was misusing its majority in the House. Dalal said he would move the court against his suspension and questioned why no action was taken against Chautala. The trouble started when Dalal expressed his unhappiness over a minister’s reply to his supplementary questions on the Calling Attention motion over alleged deletion of some ration cards belonging to the poor.

The government, in its reply, denied the allegation. But dissatisfied with Minister Karan Dev Kamboj’s response, Dalal accused the government of snatching the rights of the poor and used a word which angered the ruling benches.

Ministers Anil Vij, O P Dhankar, Manish Grover and Capt Abhimanyu hit back at Dalal, asking him how could he use word which “brings disrepute for Haryana”.