India, March 18 -- The Haryana assembly witnessed stormy proceedings on Tuesday as the opposition Congress and ruling BJP MLAs locked horns over alleged irregularities in government job recruitments during the tenure of former chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda.

The uproar began after BJP MLA Om Parkash Yadav raised the issue during Zero Hour, citing a recent Punjab and Haryana high court verdict that questioned a 2008 recruitment process. Yadav alleged that under the Hooda-led Congress government, a topper was unfairly denied a job, which was instead given to another candidate.

No sooner had Yadav made the allegation than Congress MLAs challenged the claim. Parliamentary affairs minister Mahipal Dhanda also weighed in on the matter, ...