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Punjab Assembly Extends Special Session to July 15 After Ongoing Congress Walkouts

Congress legislators protest Zero Hour suspension to highlight law-and-order failures during the extended special session.

Leader of Opposition Partap Singh Bajwa along with other Congress MLAs walk out of the Punjab vidhan sabha on Friday. (Ravi Kumar/HT)
Punjab's Leader of Opposition Partap Singh Bajwa and other Congress MLAs walk out on second day of a special assembly session, in Chandigarh on Friday.

Overview

  • The Punjab Assembly session has been extended through July 15 following a recommendation from the Business Advisory Committee.
  • Opposition Congress MLAs staged repeated walkouts over the suspension of Zero Hour and demanded debate over the July 7 murder in Abohar.
  • Speaker Kultar Singh Sandhwan upheld procedural rulings that exclude Zero Hour discussions during special sessions.
  • Heated exchanges erupted when AAP minister Harpal Singh Cheema accused Congress of gangster patronage, prompting fresh protests.
  • In the absence of Congress members, the AAP-led government advanced a resolution opposing CISF deployment at dams managed by the Bhakra Beas Management Board.