NEW DELHI: There was no dearth of drama in Lok Sabha on Friday with a hug and wink grabbing eyeballs — but the act to watch was the sharp barbs of debate, heralding the early onset of an election season. Three assembly polls are scheduled later this year, followed by national elections early next year.There was Shiromani Akali Dal MP Prem Singh Chandumajra who asked Congress chief Rahul Gandhi if he had found the time to reach out to widows and survivors of the 1984 riots just as he had crossed the floor to hug Prime Minister Narendra Modi . That comment followed SAD leader Harsimrat Kaur asking Rahul what he’d “had” before coming the House after he claimed she smiled approvingly during his hard-hitting attack on Modi.BJP’s Rakesh Singh — recently put in charge of the party’s Madhya Pradesh unit — held forth at length on the governance record in MP, Chattisgarh and Rajasthan, drawing jibes about whether he was addressing state assemblies. Unfazed by interruptions of Congress leader Jyotiraditya Scindia, he stuck to claims of rapid progress. “You should know what a BJP government means in terms of implementation of schemes,” he said.Congress interruptions led to BJP chief whip Anurag Thakur saying, “We won’t let your leader speak... you should know that.” That provoked the Opposition benches and their hoots and shouts forced Speaker Sumitra Mahajan to intervene, not for the first time, to ask for some order.Mahajan was frequently in the frame, when she reminded Rahul Gandhi that speaking in Parliament was different from being in an “aam sabha (public meeting)”. She later ticked off Rahul Gandhi more sternly, saying parliamentary decorum should be observed — resulting in a heated debate on social media about whether the chair was partisan.Rahul Gandhi’s lengthy speech had more than one light moment: His reference to the PM choosing to go abroad rather than listen to domestic woes got a laugh out of Modi when the Congress chief searched for a couple of names before saying “like Trump and Obama”. A few minutes later, Rahul’s jibe that Modi couldn’t look him in the eye seemed to leave the PM somewhat bemused.BJP MP from Badohi Virendra Singh sought to even the score over Rahul’s hug saying it was more like the Congress chief flinging himself on the PM. But the humour was brittle and did not raise a snigger. Despite the occasional laughs, the politics was tense and edgy, leaving feathers ruffled.