BJP opposes move, calls for discarding resolution forthwith; Will examine it and decide accordingly: Speaker; NC-BJP members enter into verbal brawl; CM Omar says PDP’s move for media attention, Treasury benches will bring resolution after consultation with Speaker
TDD Correspondent
Srinagar, (TDD): An uproar was witnessed on the first day of the Legislative Assembly with PDP MLA Waheed ur Rehman Para submitting a resolution seeking restoration of Article 370 to J&K.
“I congratulate you for being elected as the speaker of the House. We will learn a lot from your experience. Today, I have a resolution on behalf of my party that I want to submit before you. The resolution calls for the restoration of Article 370,” Para said.
His move triggered a massive ruckus in the House with BJP MLAs urging the Speaker to trash the resolution forthwith. Speaker Rather while trying to calm down the tempers of BJP Members stated, “This is my domain, let me examine this and accordingly I will decide on the resolution,” Rather said while pacifying the opposition camp
The 28 BJP legislators, however, refused to sit and continued to oppose the PDP MLAs move. BJP LoP Sharma said: “This is not done on the first day, this kind of stuff is introduced in this House.”
The Speaker Rather repeated: “I have not seen this copy yet. Let me go through it and examine it. If you (BJP) have decided not to allow this house to run, then I can’t say anything.”
The House continued to witness an uproar as BJP MLAS refused to sit on their chairs and demanded the resolution brought by MLA Para be trashed. In his attempt to pacify the opposition, the Speaker asked LoP Sharma to remain calm. “I will give you time to discuss the issue. I haven’t myself gone through what has been suggested by the MLA (Para),” he said.
Intervening, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said he wasn’t supposed to talk politics today. “I thought it would be an election about Speaker and obituary references. This Assembly reflects the aspirations of J&K people. Reality is that the majority of people haven’t accepted what was done on August 5, 2019. I believe this is an attempt to earn fame and nothing else. Treasury benches will decide and bring the resolution on this issue after consultations with the Speaker. The Speaker adjourned the house till Governor’s address,” Omar said—(TDD)
