SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir Assembly proceedings were adjourned for the day on Wednesday amidst uproar after the House passed a resolution seeking a dialogue between the Centre and elected representatives for restoration of special status of the erstwhile state.
Speaker Abdul Rahim Rather adjourned the House till Thursday as ruckus continued in the assembly over the resolution.
After the House passed the resolution through voice vote, the assembly witnessed noisy scenes as the BJP members stormed its well to
Amidst the uproar, Speaker Abdul Rahim Rather said, “If the opposition members do not want to speak, I will put it to vote”.
Rather put the resolution to voice vote and it was passed amidst the din.
As soon as the resolution was passed, the BJP members stormed the well of the House.
The Speaker then adjourned the house for 15 minutes.
Even after the House was adjourned, the BJP members continued to shout slogans like “5 August zindabad”, “Jai Shri Ram”, “Vande mataram”, “anti-national agenda nahi chalega”, “anti-Jammu agenda nahi chalega”, and “Speaker hai hai”.
BJP MLA Sham Lal Sharma alleged that the resolution was prepared “in collusion with the Speaker in a guest house”.
“The mandate (of assembly polls) was in favour of abrogation of 370 because we (BJP) got 26 per cent votes while NC got 23 per cent,” Sharma said.
He said the speaker should act independently. “Today he has acted as NC leader”.