Congress, BJP MLAs clash in Haryana Assembly over farmers issue
India
Published: Tuesday, March 16, 2021, 21:51 [IST]
Chandigarh, Mar 16: The BJP and Congress had sharp exchanges in the Haryana Assembly on Tuesday during a discussion on the state budget when the main opposition party targeted the government on the farmers issue.
During Zero Hour in the House, BJP MLA Aseem Goel got up and showed a photo claiming that some Congress workers were among the farmers who protested outside his Ambala residence last week.
As soon as he made the claim, former chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda asked him not to make wild allegations. Later, when the House took up discussion on budget estimates for 2021-22 presented in the Assembly by Chief Minister ML Khattar on Friday, Congress newly elected MLA from Baroda segment, Indu Raj Narwal said the government keeps saying they have done so much for farmers welfare, but it has not said a word as nearly 300 peasants have died during the ongo