Ruckus in JK Assembly on Third Consecutive Day Over Special Status Resolution

JK Assembly witnessed chaos as BJP MLAs protested by jumping into the well of the House over a special status resolution, leading to their eviction.

Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir legislative assembly continues to witness ruckus on the third day over the resolution on Article 370 abrogation and restoration by the opposition members.

As the House proceedings began today, Speaker Rahim Rather directed the National Conference legislator Javaid Baig to speak on a Motion of Thanks.

However, the opposition legislators of BJP, PC, PDP and AIP created a ruckus and started shouting against each other about the resolution on Article 370 abrogation and restoration which was presented by the PDP, Sajad Lone, and Khursheed Shaikh on Thursday.

The speaker directed the Marshals to remove the members who were creating a ruckus. The Marshals removed Khursheed Shaikh, who is the brother of jailed MP Engineer Rashid. The BJP legislator shouted slogans against Sajad Lone, shouting that "separatist and separatism will not be accepted".

Sajad Lone urged the Speaker to consider their resolution on Article 370. The Speaker replied he will give a ruling on their resolution.

Amid the slogans by BJP legislators, the legislator of the ruling party Javaid Hussain Baig continued to speak on the Motion of Thanks.

BJP Women Wing Protests

The BJP's Jammu and Kashmir women wing unit staged a protest in Jammu on Friday outside party headquarters in Trikuta Nagar against the resolution on the restoration of J&K's special status, which was passed by the Jammu and Kashmir assembly on Wednesday.

The protesters burned an effigy of CM Omar Abdullah and raised slogans against Deputy Chief Minister Surinder Choudhary. They claimed that the National Conference's efforts to restore Article 370 will never succeed. The protesters argued that the push for reinstating Article 370 is “driven by a desire to bring back militancy, unrest, and stone-pelting in Jammu and Kashmir”. The protesters stated that the NC Congress does not want peace to prevail in Jammu and Kashmir by favoring the restoration of 370.

Shalu Gupta district vice president, women's wing Jammu, said, “Everyone saw how the chaos erupted in the assembly regarding the restoration of Article 370. It’s not even possible to think about restoring it. Our Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, and the BJP have removed Article 370 from Jammu and Kashmir. There’s no question of restoring it, and it’s clear to us. During that time, there used to be stone-pelting, and terrorism was widespread. Instead of studying, children were roaming around with stones”.

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