After staging a walkout thrice to register their protest in the Punjab Assembly, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) faced a setback after its MLA Sukhpal Singh Khaira was suspended from the session for shooting a video of the disruption in the House during adjournment live on social media.

The third day of the session began amid relentless sloganeering by Akali Dal MLAs who trooped into the well of the House demanding a complete loan waiver for farmers. The protest escalated into a verbal clash when Akali MLAs targeted Tourism Minister Navjot Singh Siddhu after he took digs at the former Deputy CM Sukhbir Singh Badal.

When the exchange showed no signs of cooling off, the House was forced to adjourn for 30 minutes, during which AAP MLA Sukhpal Khaira went live on Facebook. The four-minute video shows Khaira pointing at Akali Dal MLAs and the treasury benches for disrupting the proceedings of the House as they engaged in a heated exchange.

Terming it as serious matter of breach of privilege, Speaker Rana KP Singh directed the marshals to take away his cell phone, and suspended the leader from the complete session. The matter was also referred to the Privileges Committee of the House for suitable action.

Khaira later termed the decision "unfair" and argued that he shot the video when the House was adjourned due to the chaos. “It is a pre-mediated decision and I was not even given a chance to give an explanation to counter the unfair suspension,” Khaira said, alleging that Congress MLAs had also shot a video when they spent the night in the Assembly as a mark of protest in 2016.

The decision comes a day after its alliance partner Lok Insaaf Party (LIP)’s MLA Simarjit Singh Bains was suspended from the session for throwing papers at the Speaker.