In pics: Cong dharna inside Punjab assembly, with overnight stay

Congress MLAs continued their protest inside the Punjab Vidhan Sabha and outside against the SAD-BJP government on Tuesday. Here are pictures that tell what has happened till the evening:

Congress MLAs continued their protest inside the Punjab Vidhan Sabha and outside against the SAD-BJP government on Tuesday. Here are pictures that tell what has happened till the evening:

From left: Congress MLAs Tarlochan Singh Soondh, Sukhjinder Randhawa, Amrinder Singh ‘Raja’ Warring and Randeep Singh brushing their teeth in the assembly washroom on Tuesday morning after an overnight stay by the party’s legislators in a protest at the Punjab Vidhan Sabha. (Photo: Raja Warring on Facebook)

BARE NECESSITY, IRONED WILL: An ironed kurta-pyjama and other clothes being brought in for a Congress MLA protesting inside the Punjab Vidhan Sabha, in Chandigarh on Tuesday. (Ravi Kumar/HT Photo)

DEAD SURE: Former CM Rajinder Kaur Bhattal and other Congress MLAs protesting outside the House burn the effigy of Punjab’s SAD-BJP government near the assembly complex in Chandigarh on Tuesday. (Ravi Kumar/HT Photo)

DHARNA SITE: CM Parkash Singh Badal in a meeting with protesting Congress MLAs inside the assembly on Tuesday. His requests to end the overnight dharna did not lead to a breakthrough. (HT Photo/DPR)

CM REQUESTS: CM Parkash Singh Badal requesting protesting Congress MLAs to end their dharna inside the assembly on Tuesday. (HT Photo/DPR)

GIVING IT A PUSH: Police and Congress MLA Kewal Dhillon face to face in an attempted march that was intended to reach the Vidhan Sabha in Chandigarh on Tuesday. (Ravi Kumar/HT Photo)

UT police feed the Congress MLAs protesting on the road to Vishan Sabha. (Ravi Kumar/HT Photo)

FOOD FROM HOME: Relatives and employees of Congress MLAs bring in food packets and files for the leaders on dharna inside the assembly, in Chandigarh on Tuesday. (Ravi Kumar/HT Photo)

A man brings a briefcase for a Congress MLAs protesting inside the Punajb assembly. (Ravi Kumar/HT Photo)

Congress MLA Parminder Singh Pinki sees off fellow legislator Aruna Chaudhary who along with other woman MLAs left the in-House protest on Tuesday after party unit chief Capt Amarider Singh asked them to, at the Vidhan Sabha in Chandigarh on Tuesday. Pinki went back inside. (Ravi Kumar/HT Photo)

Aruna Chaudhary leaving the assembly premises after she and other woman MLAs of the Congress left the in-House protest on Tuesday as party unit chief Capt Amarider Singh asked them to. (Ravi Kumar/HT Photo)