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Haryana Assembly Censures Congress After Walkout Over Voter-Roll Debate

The clash underscored a jurisdiction fight over whether electoral rolls belong in the state legislature or with the Election Commission.

Overview

  • Speaker Harvinder Kalyan admitted a BJP motion to discuss the “situation arising out of ongoing electoral reforms” on electoral rolls and allotted two hours for debate.
  • Congress leaders argued the topic falls under the Election Commission’s domain and staged two walkouts, prompting a brief adjournment and leaving the treasury benches to continue without them.
  • Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini defended the BJP’s mandate and called the ‘vote chori’ narrative misinformation, saying the public deserves a fact-based discussion.
  • Parliamentary affairs minister Mahipal Dhanda moved a resolution condemning the Congress for avoiding the discussion, and the House passed it in the Opposition’s absence.
  • Congress cited Rahul Gandhi’s claim of roughly 25 lakh fake entries in Haryana’s rolls as the core concern, but the session ended without any adjudication or directives on the allegations.