The shoe flung from the opposition benches fell just short of where Majithia was seated. Protesting Congress MLAs also threw documents including pages from some CAG reports at the Speaker, who had to be protected by House staff.
A number of Punjab Congress MLAs had refused to vacate the Assembly, spending two nights in the House to press for a debate on the no-confidence motion moved by the party against the state government.
Heated exchanges were witnessed between ruling Akali-BJP benches and the Congress members.
Both Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and his Deputy, Sukhbir Singh Badal were present inside the House when the chaos unfolded.
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Congress members raised slogans against the government inside the Assembly and created a ruckus demanding that time be allotted for discussion. Some of them rushed to the well of the House, and as pandemonium continued, Speaker Charanjit Singh Atwal adjourned the Question Hour for fifteen minutes.
Senior Congress leader Sunil Jakhar was seen telling something to the Speaker, who told the opposition member that he was "insulting the Chair" and asked him to take his seat.
However, as Jakhar remained adamant, Atwal said, "I think you don't want that the House should be run smoothly. You are wasting the time of the House."
The Speaker then suspended the Question Hour, the Zero Hour as well as two Calling Attention Notices and asked the concerned ministers to take up bills.
However, Congress members including the Youth Congress president Amarinder Singh Raja Warring and other MLAs continued to protest near the Well of the House and flung papers including some CAG reports towards Atwal.
Two Independent MLAs from Ludhiana, Simarjeet Bains and
Balwinder Bains, both of whom are part of the 'Awaaz-e-Punjab' floated recently by cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu, also protested near the Well of the House demanding their private resolution on water issue be allowed.
However, after the Assembly had passed the Bills, the Speaker adjourned the House sine die.
Yesterday, the protesting Congress MLAs had refused to accept Chief Minister Badal's appeal to call off their protest.
After the Assembly was adjourned by the Speaker on Monday, the Congress MLAs remained in the House and several of them even spent two nights there.
The no-confidence motion, admitted on September 8, was moved on several grounds, including "failure of the state government to protect the interests of Punjab on the SYL canal issue and deteriorating law and order situation in the state".
The motion also alleged "emergence of mafia groups, rampant corruption, deteriorating fiscal position of the state and failure in apprehending the culprits behind the Bargari sacrilege case".