Chaotic scenes successful the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly proceed connected Friday. (Screenshot)
Ruckus ensued successful the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly for a 3rd consecutive time arsenic Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLAs raised slogans and clashed with chap members, including Engineer Rashid’s member and Awami Ittehad Party MLA Sheikh Khursheed implicit a banner helium was carrying.
It was a repetition of Thursday’s happenings arsenic Khursheed, who was again carrying a banner, was manhandled by the BJP MLAs earlier being marshalled retired of the House.
Slogans were besides raised against the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Following this, Speaker Rahim barred anyone from entering the Well of the House.
What happened successful the Assembly successful the past 2 days?
On Thursday, a scuffle had breached retired successful the Assembly aft Khurshid brought a banner saying, “we request restoration of Article 370 and 35A and the merchandise of governmental prisoners.”
Amid the ruckus, a solution seeking a dialog for “restoration of peculiar presumption and law guarantees” to the Union Territory was passed connected Wednesday. The solution was passed by a dependable vote, with each parties barring the BJP supporting it.
In the cautiously worded resolution, determination was nary notation of the contentious Articles 370 oregon 35A.
The BJP stormed into the good of the House soon aft the solution was moved, and led slogan-shouting demanding that the solution beryllium withdrawn.
Meanwhile, PDP main Mehbooba Mufti called the resolution, introduced by the Omar Abdullah- government, “half-hearted”. The adjacent day, 5 non-BJP Opposition MLAs submitted a solution to the Speaker that “unequivocally” rejected the decisions of August 5, 2019.
The 5 legislators – People’s Conference’s Sajad Lone, Peoples Democratic Party’s Waheed Para and Fayaz Mir, and Independent MLAs Sheikh Khursheed Ahmad and Shabir Ahmad Kullay – said their ‘People’s Resolution’, which mentioned the contentious Articles 370 and 35 A, stemmed from nationalist choler implicit the 1 moved by the Omar government.