India, Dec. 19 -- Pandemonium prevailed in the Haryana assembly on Friday shortly after question hour as Congress members trooped into the well of the House, raising slogans and protesting against chief minister Nayab Singh Saini's pointed remarks questioning why CLP leader Bhupinder Singh Hooda had not signed the no-confidence motion against the government.

In a surprise intervention, Saini referred to what he described as a "healthy convention" set by the House when he had warmly welcomed Hooda on his elevation as the Leader of the Opposition on the opening day of the winter session on Thursday. Recalling his positive remarks made a day earlier about Hooda's political and administrative experience, the chief minister said the treasury ...