Chaos in J&K assembly; Omar claims Speaker is biased

October 05, 2015 11:54

he Jammu and Kashmir assembly on Monday witnessed uproar with leaders of the National Conference and the Congress strongly protesting over issues like the beef ban and the rehabilitation of flood victims.

As soon as the house assembled, National Conference and Congress members started their protest, displaying banners in the well of the House against alleged "politics over flood relief" and tax on Vaishnodevi pilgrims.

The National Conference members raised slogans against the beef ban and what they termed as "interference in religious matters".

The lawmakers raised slogans against the BJP-PDP coalition government and accused it of exploiting the flood victims.

A few of them were stopped by marshals as they charged towards the treasury benches. The National Conference and Congress members were joined by independent MLAs Shiekh Abdul Rashid and Hakim Mohammad Yasin.

"I had a question on 35-A, it was rejected saying it was sub-judice. Just like on beef ban. This speaker is biased, look at his statements. He is preventing functioning of the House, not us," NC leader Omar Abullah said.

"To save his government, CM is disempowering legislature. Speaker doesnt allow the opposition to do its work," he added.

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