Archive · 31 Aug 2026
Anil Vij’s Sajjan Singh Jibe Sparks Haryana Assembly Uproar
A disagreement broke out in the Haryana Assembly during a discussion about electricity.
Minister Anil Vij told opposition members to listen, calling them “followers of Sajjan Singh.”
Congress legislators became angry and started protesting.
Opposition leader Bhupinder Singh Hooda asked the Chief Minister to answer instead.
The Speaker warned members to stop disrupting the House.
Legislators also argued about an earlier confrontation with security personnel.
Ministers defended the government’s work on electricity and sports facilities.
The meeting remained tense as lawmakers raised several other public issues.
Anil Vij’s reference to “followers of Sajjan Singh” triggered protests during Question Hour.
Bhupinder Singh Hooda demanded that Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini answer instead of Vij.
The Speaker warned protesting legislators they could be named and later removed “gundagardi” from the record.
Congress legislators also raised concerns about being stopped by security personnel outside the Assembly.
The House debated electricity supply, a delayed sports stadium, deaths in Jhajjar and water shortages at Bahalgarh.
- Who
- Haryana Energy Minister Anil Vij, Leader of Opposition Bhupinder Singh Hooda, Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini and other Assembly members.
- What
- A political uproar followed Vij’s “followers of Sajjan Singh” remark during Question Hour.
- When
- Monday, during the second sitting of Haryana’s monsoon session.
- Where
- The Haryana Assembly, following an earlier dispute near the Assembly gates.
- Why
- The dispute began during questions about electricity supply and a private company’s electricity distribution licence, then expanded to security arrangements and other government issues.
Congress Opposition
Haryana Government
Vij’s Assembly remark
Congress Opposition
Congress members protested the reference to “followers of Sajjan Singh” and Hooda said the Chief Minister should answer instead.
Haryana Government
Vij continued responding to the power question and said the government opposed the private company’s electricity distribution licence.
Treatment by security personnel
Congress Opposition
Hooda said Congress legislators were stopped again and demanded an apology from Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini over the earlier use of “gundagardi.”
Haryana Government
Saini said legislators had already been shown a recording of the incident, while the Speaker said the matter could be taken up after Question Hour.
Haryana’s sports record
Congress Opposition
Congress MLA Devender Hans linked the need for sports facilities to the drug problem among young people and protested remarks about the state’s sporting reputation.
Haryana Government
Saini defended Minister Vipul Goel and said Haryana’s sporting record reflected work done by previous governments over the past 12 years.
- Electricity coverage
- Vij said 1,145 of Haryana’s 7,250 villages were receiving round-the-clock electricity.
- Power-supply challenge
- Congress MLA Shishpal Keharwala cited protests in Sirsa and reported six-to-eight-hour power cuts.
- Stadium delay
- Minister Vipul Goel said the Guhla-Cheeka sports stadium project was behind schedule.
- Contractor action
- The stadium contractor had received eight notices, been fined Rs 4 lakh and had payments withheld.
- Assembly ruling
- Speaker Harvinder Kalyan ordered “gundagardi” removed from the proceedings and said “utpaat” could be recorded instead.
- Security dispute
- Congress legislators said they had been stopped by security personnel and asked who had ordered it.