SRINAGAR : Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly today witnessed walkout by Congress and National Conference (NC) members after speaker Kavinder Gupta disallowed them to speak before the Question-Hour.
Independent member Er Sheikh Abdul Rashid and lone Communist Party of India (M) member Mohammad Yousuf Targami also staged a walk out from the House after they were not satisfied with the answer to a question whether government will take into confidence Hurriyat Conference (HC) before resettling Kashmiri Pandits in the valley.
As soon as the House assembled the Congress and NC members were again on their toes, demanding suspension of the Question-Hour and debate on important issues, including relief to victims of 2014 flood. Congress members were shouting slogans ” Flood victims ko Insaaf Do” while NC members were also raising slogans but nothing was heard in the din.
However, Speaker without giving any attention to opposition members, took up the first question of the day. Congress members immediately stormed into the Well of the House to stop the proceedings. However, first question was taken up but due to slogan shouting nothing was audible. The NC members also kept raising slogans from their seats.
Later Congress members walked out from the House in protest against the Speaker who refused to suspend the Question-Hour.
Main opposition members followed Congress and staged walk out from the House after they too were not allowed to raise any issue before the end of the Question-Hour.
Er Rashid also staged a walk out after he was not satisfied with the answer of the government. The independent member from Langate constituency in the frontier district of Kupwara had asked will the government take into confidence HC before resettling migrant pundits in the valley.
Er Rashid was also joined by CPI(M) member Mr Targami who also wanted a proper answer from the government to the question.
Er Rashid referred to recent statement of Education minister and chief spokesperson of the government Naeem Akhtar to press that everyone, irrespective of their party affiliation wanted honourable return of migrants back to Kashmir.
However, Er Rashid and Targami staged walkout after speaker Gupta ruled that the question has been properly replied and there would be no more discussion. (agencies)
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