"Lock The Opposition": Bhagwant Mann To Speaker Amid Chaos In Assembly

Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann handed over an envelope to the governor, stating that he had brought a gift for him. The envelope contained a lock and a key.

The Punjab Assembly on Monday witnessed chaotic scenes during the discussion on the state budget when Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann engaged in a heated argument with the Congress leader and Leader of Opposition (LoP) Partap Singh Bajwa following the former's request to the Governor to "lock" the opposition in the assembly. #WATCH | Chandigarh: Amid the heated argument between Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann and Congress MLA and LoP Partap Singh Bajwa in the state assembly, CM Bhagwant Mann says, "Who does Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi sit with? With me. Have you ever sat with them? On one hand, you are… pic.twitter.com/xilZG9L5qM

Before the beginning of the discussion on the budget, Chief Minister Mann handed over an envelope to the governor, stating that he had brought a gift for him. The envelope contained a lock and a key.

The Chief Minister, then, asked the governor to lock the opposition inside the assembly, so that they could not "run away" during the discussion, which later triggered a heated argument between LoP Bajwa and the Chief Minister.