Chandigarh, July 12 -- The Punjab assembly witnessed noisy scenes on Friday with Congress members staging a walkout from the House over the murder of Abohar businessman Sanjay Verma by three assailants on July 7.

As soon as the House proceedings began on Day 2 of the special session, leader of Opposition (LoP) Partap Singh Bajwa got up and raised the issue, demanding a discussion on the incident, but speaker Kultar Singh Sandhwan did not allow the request. The speaker informed the member that there was no zero hour during a special session. Bajwa stuck to his demand and sought the speaker's attention to allow him to take up the matter.

However, the speaker asked AAP member Karambir Singh Ghuman to proceed with his calling attention noti...