The second day of the Punjab Vidhan Sabha session on Friday witnessed a showdown between Congress and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLAs, with the Opposition demanding Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann’s resignation over the drug trade and law and order situation.As the House proceedings began, Congress MLAs raised slogans during Question Hour, seeking Mann’s resignation. Carrying a condemnation letter, they entered the Well of the House.Treasury bench MLAs, led by Finance Minister Harpal Cheema, responded with counter-slogans. The House witnessed chaos as Congress and AAP MLAs engaged in a showdown, with Cheema targeting Congress MLA Sukhpal Singh Khaira over his alleged complicity in a drugs case.The Congress also continued its protest outside the Vidhan Sabha, with party MLAs led by CLP leader Partap Singh Bajwa and PPCC chief Pargat Singh wearing black robes and raising slogans against Mann. They also brought a condemnation letter, alleging that the government had failed to address Punjab’s burning issues.The first day of the session on Thursday lasted just 10 minutes, but the Opposition BJP and Congress used the opportunity to target the AAP government over the killing of anti-drug activist Parvinder Singh Jhota, the alleged illicit drug trade and the deteriorating law and order situation.Speaker asks treasury bench MLAs not to disrupt proceedingsOctober 23, 2026 10:22 amSpeaker Kultar Singh Sandhwan directed treasury bench MLAs to sit down and not disrupt the proceedings as Congress MLAs continued to raise slogans in the Well of the House.Congress MLAs show ‘Letter of Condemnation’ to treasury benchesOctober 23, 2026 10:18 amCongress MLAs showed the ‘Letter of Condemnation’ to the treasury benches and asked the Speaker why the burning issues of Punjab were not being debated on the floor of the House.Congress, AAP MLAs clash in House over drugsOctober 23, 2026 10:17 amAs the sitting began on Friday, Congress MLAs raised slogans during Question Hour, seeking Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann’s resignation. Carrying the condemnation letter, they entered the Well of the House. Treasury bench MLAs, led by Finance Minister Harpal Cheema, raised counter-slogans.Congress continues protest outside Punjab AssemblyOctober 23, 2026 10:17 amThe Congress continued its protest outside the Punjab Vidhan Sabha, with party MLAs led by CLP leader Partap Singh Bajwa and PPCC chief Pargat Singh wearing black robes and raising slogans against Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann. They also brought a condemnation letter, alleging that the government had failed to address Punjab’s burning issues.Jakhar brings Ajay Kumar’s family to Assembly for second consecutive dayOctober 23, 2026 10:15 amFormer Punjab BJP president Jattvibeil Jakhar on Friday brought Manju and Simranjeet Kaur, the mother and sister of Ajay Kumar, a resident of Sant Nagar in Abohar who was killed by liquor baron Shiv Lal Doda, outside the Punjab Assembly for the second consecutive day, seeking justice for the family.