Unruly National Conference legislators Wednesday provoked speaker of the State Assembly to adjourn the House sine die as they smashed house furniture, hurled chairs in air, and uprooted mike’s while logjam persisted as their leader Omar Abdullah insisted on hearing Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti’s clarification on her remarks on Article 370.
Soon after the house convened after day long adjournment leader of the opposition Omar Abdullah sought clarification from Kavinder Gupta whether he had checked the records of the proceedings connected with the Chief Minister’s statement and expunged her remarks on Article 370.
“I want to ask whether you have expunged the remarks. Have you gone through the records,” Omar asked.
“When will the chief minister give her statement on the floor of House to clarify her stand on her remark. At what time she is going to give her statement,” he questioned.
The Speaker said he has gone through the records and the chief minister did not mean what has been said over her remarks. On Monday Mehbooba Mufti had said those trying to target Article 370 are anti-nationals. Her statement in the house had created a piquant situation for the BJP as she had targeted not only the core ideology of the party but also raised question marks over party stalwarts who struggled all their lives seeking abrogation of Article 370 which granted special status to the state of J&K within the Indian constitution.