Overview
- Congress said Haryana Police confined senior party leaders and workers to block a planned gherao under its MNREGA Bachao Sangram campaign.
- Inside the House, Congress MLAs circulated photographs they said showed policemen and individuals inside a residence as purported evidence.
- Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini said police detained no one and described the allegation as misleading, noting protests are permitted at a designated site in Sector 25, Chandigarh.
- Speaker Harvinder Kalyan said any such actions occurred outside Assembly premises under Chandigarh Police jurisdiction and were not a matter for debate in the House.
- A noisy exchange lasted about 25 minutes before Congress members walked out, and a minister suggested the images could depict security guards and called for an inquiry.