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The Jammu and Kashmir Assembly witnessed a ruckus for another day as Bharatiya Janata Party MLAs protested against the passing of a resolution restoring Article 370. As the session began on Friday (November 8), the BJP MLAs raised slogans which led Speaker Abdul Rahim Rather to marshal out 12 opposition MLAs and Langate legislator Sheikh Khurshid. The BJP MLAs raised slogans like 'Pakistani agenda nahi chalega' and jumped into the well of the House.
Soon after they were evicted, 11 other BJP MLAs walked out of the House in protest. #WATCH | Srinagar | By orders of the J&K Assembly Speaker Abdul Rahim Rather, BJP MLAs entering the well of the House marshalled out pic.twitter.
com/yHbRS1VEsw — ANI (@ANI) November 8, 2024 The House has been witnessing uproar from the last two days as BJP MLAs are protesting against the passing of resolution restoring special status to the erstwhile state. On November 5, Deputy Chief Minister Surinder Choudhary had moved the resolution that said: "This Legislative Assembly reaffirms the importance of the special status and constitutional guarantees, which safeguarded the identity, culture and rights of the people of Jammu and Kashmir, and expresses concern over their unilateral removal." It said the Assembly calls upon the Centre to initiate talks with elected representatives from the region for the restoration of Jammu and Kashmir's special status and constitutional guarantees, and to work out constitutional mechanisms for the same.
"This Assembly emphasises that any process for restoration must safeguard both national unity and the legitimate aspirations of the people of Jammu and Kashmir," it added..
