Ruckus in Haryana Assembly after Congress raises Nuh violence issue
Haryana Assembly was briefly adjourned on Monday following an uproar as the opposition Congress raised the issue of the violence in Nuh and sought a probe monitored by a high court judge. Communal clashes had erupted in Nuh and its adjoining areas after a Vishva Hindu Parishad procession was attacked by a mob on July 31 leading to the death of six people, including two home guards and a cleric.
When the Zero Hour commenced in the Assembly on Monday, the Congress members demanded a discussion on the Nuh violence, but Speaker Gian Chand Gupta said the matter was sub-judice.
While Leader of Opposition Bhupinder Singh Hooda said that only the matter pertaining to the bulldozer action by the authorities in Nuh was pending before the high court, Congress leader Kiran Choudhary asserted that they were raising the law and order issue and it should be discussed.
«Chief Minister (Manohar Lal Khattar) had recently made a statement on the Nuh incident pointing towards a conspiracy.
A discussion here on the issue will make things clear. We are also demanding a judicial inquiry into the incident,» Hooda said.
BJP member Satya Prakash, however, alleged that the foundation of the Nuh violence was «laid» in the Assembly when Congress MLA Mamman Khan made some «inflammatory remarks» on the floor of the House in the previous session.
Amid angry exchanges, the Speaker adjourned the House for 30 minutes.
When the House reconvened, Prakash insisted that the Mamman Khan issue should be discussed but the Speaker kept on saying that the Nuh matter is sub-judice.
Congress' legislator B B Batra asked if Parliament can discuss the Manipur matter, on which the Supreme Court had taken a suo motu cognisance, then why cannot the Nuh matter, barring the
