Ruckus in J&K Assembly over Article 370 banner, VIDEO

Srinagar | The Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) Legislative Assembly was adjourned on Thursday after heated exchanges between members of different political parties.

Speaker, Abdul Rahim Rather adjourned the House for 15 minutes after he was unable to maintain order because of the ruckus created by the BJP MLAs who are protesting against the passing of restoration of Article 370 resolution on Wednesday.

BJP leaders have said that the passing of the resolution for restoration of Article 370 is unconstitutional and illegal after the Article was abrogated by the country’s Parliament and the action upheld by the Supreme Court of India.

The BJP’s protest in the Assembly got a strongly-worded response from the ruling NC MLAs and others who voted in support of the resolution.

The situation escalated further after BJP members voiced strong opinions on the Special Status once granted under Article 370 to J&K.

Speaker Abdul Rahim Rather tried to calm tempers, but after his repeated attempts failed to quell the pandemonium, he adjourned the House for 15 minutes.

Srinagar, J&K: A ruckus breaks out at J&K Assembly in Srinagar after Engineer Rashid’s brother & MLA Khurshid Ahmad Sheikh displayed a banner on Article 370. LoP Sunil Sharma raised objections, leading to a brief adjournment of the House. The disruption was related to the… pic.twitter.com/ApGgTOXDBT

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BJP MLAs have asserted that they will not allow the Assembly to function till the resolution is withdrawn.

J&K Assembly passed the resolution for restoration of Article 370 yesterday. The resolution was moved by the Deputy Chief Minister, Surinder Choudhary and NC leader and minister, Sakina Masood seconded the move.

The resolution was moved by the government on the third day of the Assembly’s current session.

The passing of the resolution seeking restoration of statehood to J&K by the ruling NC would constitutionally have little impact, but at the political level, the passing of the resolution has brought the J&K government in direct confrontation with the Centre.

Article 370 and 35A were abrogated by the country’s Parliament on August 5, 2019 and the power of the Parliament to do so was upheld by a Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court.

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