Jammu, Mar 27: The Jammu and Kashmir Assembly was adjourned for half an hour on Friday as pandemonium erupted shortly after the budget session resumed following a five-week recess.
Members from both the treasury and opposition benches stood up, raising slogans and disrupting the Question Hour despite repeated appeals by Speaker Abdul Rahim Rather.
MLAs from the ruling National Conference, Congress, CPI(M), and Independents, along with opposition PDP members, raised slogans against Israel to condemn the assassination of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Meanwhile, BJP members held placards demanding the establishment of a National Law University in Jammu.
The budget session resumed in Jammu on March 27 after a five-week break, following the conclusion of its first leg, which ran from February 2 to 20. During the earlier session, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah presented the budget on February 6, and the House passed grants for various departments after detailed discussions held in twin sittings each day.
The current session is scheduled to conclude on April 4. According to the notified House business schedule, March 30 and April 1 are reserved for private members’ bills, while March 31 and April 2 are earmarked for private members’ resolutions. (Agency)
