The third day of the monsoon session of the Himachal Pradesh legislative assembly was marked by commotion, protests, walkout by opposition as the deadlock between the ruling Congress and opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) continued on Monday as well as both sides traded barbs.

The Opposition objected to the National Song not being sung and alleged that the central government had introduced a new provision requiring government programmes to begin with…

A dispute over Vande Mataram and the National Anthem disrupted the Himachal Pradesh Vidhan Sabha session. The ruling Congress and opposition BJP protested outside the assembly…