Chandigarh:
The Speaker of Haryana Assembly on Monday suspended the entire Opposition for the remainder of the Budget Session after it created ruckus in the House over disallowing an adjournment motion.
Speaker H S Chatha suspended 35 MLAs present in the House for nine days till March 16 after they forced adjournment of the House on three occasions in one hour. Those faced action included 31 MLAs of INLD, lone member of its ally from Shiromani Akali Dal and three of BJP.
The fourth MLA of the BJP Kavita Jain was not present in the House. The lone BSP legislator Akram Khan and seven Independents are supporting the government in the 90-member assembly.
When the Question Hour began in the afternoon, BJP legislature party leader Anil Vij sought to know the fate of his adjournment motion notice given on price rise issue.
The speaker said the issue could not be raised during the Question Hour and that it could be considered later.
When Vij raised the matter again during the zero hour, the Speaker informed him that it had been disallowed, but he could raise the issue with INLD, whose adjournment motion over price rise had been converted into a call attention notice and stood admitted.