Chandigarh, March 5 -- Punjab Vidhan Sabha on Wednesday virtually turned into a free-for-all arena, with agitated legislatures stopping just short of exchanging blows. Finance Minister Manpreet Singh Badal, who was usually seen calm and composed, lose his cool when SAD MLA Pawan Kumar Tinu made some "derogatory and abusive" comments against him.

Rowdy scenes were witnessed on the last day of the budget session when several Congress MLAs come in Manpreet's support with some of them, including Kulbir Singh Zira, Barindermeet Singh Pahara, Minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa, almost attacking Tinu in the well of the House - forcing the Speaker Rana KP Singh to adjourn the proceedings for 15 minutes.

Even after the adjournment, the angry Congr...