Both Houses adjourned for lack of quorum

Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Jan 24: Deputy Speaker Legislative Assembly Nazeer Ahmed Gurezi today asked the Government to take the proceedings of the House seriously.
The Deputy Speaker issued directive in this regard after lack of quorum forced him to adjourn the House for brief period after the end of Question House.
When the debate on grants of Industries and Commerce Department was going on, Gurezi, who was in the chair, noticed that treasury and opposition benches were largely empty.
Accordingly, he adjourned the House for 10 minutes.
When the House reassembled, the Deputy Speaker asked the Government to take the proceedings of the House seriously.
Meanwhile, the non-seriousness on the part of  Members of  the `House of Elders’ of the J&K Legislature, was witnessed today when the Chairman had to adjourn the House due to lack of quorum.
The Members of  the Upper House were discussing very important issue of  power scenario raised by BJP Member Vibodh Gupta  through Private Members Resolution. Dy  Chief Minister, Dr Nirmal Singh was replying to the resolution. Leader of the House and Minister for R&B, Naeem Akhtar  was also present in  the House.
The opposition members had already staged walk- out. A few came back and after finishing their job again left without caring for the quorum. The ruling BJP and PDP members also started leaving one by one with short interval of time.
Earlier, also on one occasion between 12.08 and 12.12 pm today, House proceedings went on for 4 minutes without quorum but one member pointed out and then two members immediately came inside from nearby Hall.
As the PDP Member Saifuddin Bhat stood up and started going out,  Chairman interrupted and asked him to stay back as there will be no necessary quorum to carry out business.
The member, without caring for the  words of the Chairman, Haji Anayat Ali left the House, leaving the quorum to 9. The Chairman then adjourned the House due to lack of quorum. He also said that some members were not serious about the business and they have made (Mazak) joke of  it.

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