As the Punjab Assembly's budget session presided over for its opening day on Friday, the opposition Congress legislators created a fuss, raised the issue of protesting farmers, and resorted to sloganeering, disturbing the address of Punjab Governor Banwarilal Purohit.
As soon as the governor began delivering his address, Punjab Congress chief Amrinder Singh Raja Warring raised the farmers' issue and said that homage be paid to Shubhkaran Singh - 21-year-old who died during clashes between the protesting farmers and Haryana security personnel.
"It will be good if the governor pays homage to the deceased young farmer," Warring said.
Amid the uproar, Purohit read out a few lines from his address and told the House that the rest of it be treated as read.
Leader of Opposition Partap Singh Bajwa notifying that Haryana has sealed its borders with Punjab, stated, "You have not been able to protect your farmers," he said, drawing the Punjab Governor's attention to the matter.
The Congress members insisted that farmers' issues be discussed first.
At this, the governor said, "I will request the leader of the opposition that you have ample time to discuss these things. As per the agenda and custom, I am supposed to deliver my speech. After my speech, you can raise any issue."
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