PDP leaders stage walkout
The lower House of the J&K Assembly on Wednesday witnessed slogan shouting contest between the BJP and PDP legislators even as pandemonium prevailed during the Question Hour for the second day in succession over the issue of setting up of new administrative units in the State.
led by Mehbooba Mufti PDP legislators later staged a walkout and reached the door step of Governor NN Vohra to intervene in the matter accusing the State Government of muzzling their voice on the floor of the house. In the absence of Governor in the Raj Bhawan the PDP legislators handed over their memoranda to the Raj Bhawan Secretariat staff.
Before staging the walk out PDP legislators attempted to create ruckus in the House but were not allowed by the marshals and members of the watch and ward staff to reenact drama which the house witnessed on Tuesday. Raising provocative religious slogans PDP members disrupted the Question Hour and were countered by the chants of patriotic slogans raised by the BJP using their full lung power.
Taking the wind out of PDP’s sails the CM on Wednesday announced an expert panel to look into the claims of people of left out areas in the Cabinet Sub-Committee Report for new administrative units.
Speaking on the motion of thanks on Governors address to the joint session of the state legislature Omar said,” “I appreciate the Members of the Cabinet Sub-Committee led by the Deputy Chief Minister for visiting every nook and corner of the State and finalizing the report regarding creation of new administrative units taking full consideration of the norms and other parameters.
However, it is being felt that the genuine claim of a few areas which have not found place in the Report need consideration to deliver justice to the people”, he said and added that the aspirations of the people of these areas would be given due consideration by the committee of experts so that their genuine claims are properly looked into.He said the committee would be directed to present their report before the cabinet within three months.
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Chief Minister Omar Abdullah wednesday said that both National Conference alongwith its alliance partner Congress will safeguard the Article 370 under all circumstances.
“National Conference and Congress will protect and safeguard the Article 370 under all circumstances as it serves like a bridge between the Centre and the State and determines the relations between the two,” Abdullah said while replying to the discussions on the Motion of Thanks for Governor for his address in the legislative Assembly here this evening.
Abdullah castigated BJP for carrying the false bogey of abrogation of Article-370 whenever elections draw near and sleep over the issue when in power.
“PDP, BJP wants to fight elections by raising false propaganda,” he alleged.
However, without naming Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, Abdullah said, “a top leader of BJP talked about discussing the benefits of Article 370 when he spoke at a public rally in Jammu.”
“I challenged him to discuss it with me at any place and any time but he, through a lesser important leader, denied discussing the issue at all,” he claimed.