Haryana Budget session: Congress stages walkout over Dadupur Nalvi canal issue

The Opposition Congress MLAs on Monday staged a walkout from the ongoing Budget session of the Haryana Vidhan Sabha in protest against what they described as an unsatisfactory reply from the ruling BJP government on the reconstruction of the Dadupur Nalvi canal.

Congress MLA Nirmal Singh raised the issue during the Question Hour on the second day of the session, asking whether the Punjab and Haryana High Court had passed a judgment regarding the canal's reconstruction and when the government would take action.

In response, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Mahipal Dhanda stated that the government had no knowledge of any such order. “We have no information about such an order. If there is one, it should be provided to us,” Dhanda said.

Led by former chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, the Congress MLAs expressed their displeasure, questioning why the government had come unprepared and demanded clarity on whether they were willing to reconstruct the canal.

Speaker Harvinder Kalyan urged the protesting MLAs to share any information they had regarding the matter.

The BJP-led government, under Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini, maintained that no such court order had been received. Dissatisfied with the reply, the Congress members staged a walkout, continuing their protest.