Chandigarh, Feb. 25 -- A protest staged by Congress MLAs in the precincts of the Haryana Vidhan Sabha on the third day of the budget session sparked sharp exchanges during the closing stages of the day's proceedings with Speaker Harvinder Kalyan asking opposition MLAs to adhere to rules of the assembly complex.

BJP MLA Ghanshyam Das prompted the discussion when he asked if the demonstration held by the Congress MLAs at the gate of Vidhan Sabha was as per the rules. "The assembly is temple of democracy. Every MLA has a right to reach the premises freely. In the morning when we were entering the assembly building, we found Congress MLAs were holding a protest demonstration at the gate of the assembly building. Not just the MLAs, even the c...