Punjab MLAs enter into scuffle

MLAs of Punjab’s ruling Akali Dal and Opposition Congress on Tuesday entered into a scuffle in the Assembly over the recent violence in Ludhiana. The scuffle started when Congress legislators moved towards deputy chief minister and home minister Sukhbir Singh Badal when he was replying to a call-attention motion on the state’s law and order situation.

It may be recalled that the industrial town wintnessed violence between migrant labourers from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, and locals.

Meanwhile, the Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal has described the developments in the Punjab Vidhan Sabha today as “most painful and a disgrace to democracy in the country” and said that he could not understand what the Congress really wanted to achieve through this resort to anti-democratic method. Talking to newspersons on the sidelines of the Vidhan Saba after the proceedings in the House had been brought to a premature end following “a violent disruption” by the Congress legislators.