Congress stages walkout during Haryana Budget Session

The Congress staged a walkout as soon as Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini began his reply on the Governor's address during the ongoing Budget Session of the Haryana Vidhan Sabha here today.

Saini, who began his reply by greeting the members on Holi, said that exactly one year ago, he took oath as Chief Minister and since then, Haryana had been in election mode.

While stating that the government had a long list of achievements in the last 10 years, Saini said that he would only focus on the last one year's achievements.

Underlining that the government had given 26,000 jobs, Saini had only started his speech when former Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda asked him for how long had these jobs been held back.

Hooda said that the CM was not restricting himself to giving a reply on the Governor's address but was giving a speech on the government's achievements.

A brief exchange took place between the treasury benches and the Congress before the main Opposition party staged a walkout.

Later, speaking to the media, Hooda, accompanied by other Congress MLAs, said that the government had nothing to say on the Governor's address.