<p>Chandigarh: The Congress on Monday described the killing of Indian National Lok Dal's (INLD) Haryana unit president Nafe Singh Rathee as the state's 'first political murder' and demanded a probe into the incident either by a high court judge or a high court judge-monitored CBI investigation.</p>.<p>Senior Congress leader Raghuvir Singh Kadian said Rathee's death was not natural.</p>.<p>"It is a political murder and the first such incident in Haryana after it was carved out as a separate state (in 1966)," Kadian said in the Assembly.</p>.<p>At the beginning of the day's proceedings, the Haryana Assembly paid tributes to former Lok Sabha speaker Manohar Joshi, who died recently.</p>.<p>Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar also led the House in paying tributes to Rathee.</p>.<p>While paying his homage, Kadian said Rathee came from a farmer family and rose to become an MLA after a lot of struggle in his life.</p>.<p>Kadian demanded that the culprits behind Rathee's killing be arrested and given exemplary punishment.</p>.Who was Nafe Singh Rathee, the Haryana INLD chief shot dead in Jhajjar?.<p>"Either a probe by a high court judge or a high court judge-monitored CBI probe should be held into the incident," the Congress leader said.</p>.<p>He said Rathee and he came from the same district -- Jhajjar -- and the slain INLD leader had a keen interest in wrestling and other sports.</p>.<p>Rathee was travelling in a sports utility vehicle (SUV) on Sunday when the assailants, who were in a car, attacked him in Jhajjar's Bahadurgarh town, near Delhi.</p>.<p>Rathee and an INLD worker were killed when the unidentified assailants sprayed the SUV with bullets.</p>.<p>The attack, which came with less than two months to go for the Lok Sabha polls, drew sharp reactions from opposition parties, which alleged a breakdown in law and order in Haryana, which is ruled by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).</p>.INLD Haryana president Nafe Singh Rathee shot dead; opposition allege law and order breakdown in BJP-ruled state.<p>Khattar said not a single culprit involved in the case will be spared, adding that police have been asked to arrest the accused as soon as possible and take strictest action.</p>.<p>Senior INLD leader Abhay Singh Chautala accused the BJP-led government of failing to provide security to Rathee, despite there being a threat to his life. He also demanded a CBI probe into the incident.</p>.<p>The Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) also hit out at the Khattar government over the incident.</p>
<p>Chandigarh: The Congress on Monday described the killing of Indian National Lok Dal's (INLD) Haryana unit president Nafe Singh Rathee as the state's 'first political murder' and demanded a probe into the incident either by a high court judge or a high court judge-monitored CBI investigation.</p>.<p>Senior Congress leader Raghuvir Singh Kadian said Rathee's death was not natural.</p>.<p>"It is a political murder and the first such incident in Haryana after it was carved out as a separate state (in 1966)," Kadian said in the Assembly.</p>.<p>At the beginning of the day's proceedings, the Haryana Assembly paid tributes to former Lok Sabha speaker Manohar Joshi, who died recently.</p>.<p>Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar also led the House in paying tributes to Rathee.</p>.<p>While paying his homage, Kadian said Rathee came from a farmer family and rose to become an MLA after a lot of struggle in his life.</p>.<p>Kadian demanded that the culprits behind Rathee's killing be arrested and given exemplary punishment.</p>.Who was Nafe Singh Rathee, the Haryana INLD chief shot dead in Jhajjar?.<p>"Either a probe by a high court judge or a high court judge-monitored CBI probe should be held into the incident," the Congress leader said.</p>.<p>He said Rathee and he came from the same district -- Jhajjar -- and the slain INLD leader had a keen interest in wrestling and other sports.</p>.<p>Rathee was travelling in a sports utility vehicle (SUV) on Sunday when the assailants, who were in a car, attacked him in Jhajjar's Bahadurgarh town, near Delhi.</p>.<p>Rathee and an INLD worker were killed when the unidentified assailants sprayed the SUV with bullets.</p>.<p>The attack, which came with less than two months to go for the Lok Sabha polls, drew sharp reactions from opposition parties, which alleged a breakdown in law and order in Haryana, which is ruled by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).</p>.INLD Haryana president Nafe Singh Rathee shot dead; opposition allege law and order breakdown in BJP-ruled state.<p>Khattar said not a single culprit involved in the case will be spared, adding that police have been asked to arrest the accused as soon as possible and take strictest action.</p>.<p>Senior INLD leader Abhay Singh Chautala accused the BJP-led government of failing to provide security to Rathee, despite there being a threat to his life. He also demanded a CBI probe into the incident.</p>.<p>The Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) also hit out at the Khattar government over the incident.</p>