Jammu: An amendment to the Lieutenant Governor’s Address regarding the attacks of Kashmiris working in other states was defeated in the Legislative Assembly on Thursday.
After the CM’s reply to the LG’s Address, Peoples Conference president Sajad Lone pushed that his amendment be put to vote. When the amendment was put to voting, National Conference MLAs voted against it, while Peoples Conference and Peoples Democratic Party MLAs voted in its favour.
After the voice vote, the Speaker declared that the amendment had been rejected by the House.
In a post on X, , PC president Sajad Lone said that NC and BJP together voted against the amendment in the Assembly to defeat it.“I had moved amendments to the Honourable LG’s Address. The concept was that these points be added to the Honourable LG’s Address. The amendments were put to vote, and NC and BJP voted against them,” Lone said.
He expressed gratitude to PDP members for supporting his amendments. “Thanks to PDP members. They supported them,” Lone added.
Lone’s amendment read: “But to regret that there is no mention of the strongest possible condemnation in the Address about attack on Kashmiri students, traders and hawkers in different states and Union Territories, in their own country, besides there is no mention of any communication with the Union Government and different states to take strict action against the culprits involved in such dastardly acts”—(KNO)