Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, June 29: Congress MLAs today created uproar in the Legislative Assembly and staged walk out over dropping of Private Members’ bill seeking reservation in promotions in Government jobs which was not in the list of business.
Speaker Kavinder Gupta told the agitating MLAs that since the matter is pending before the court, the bill has been dropped.
Four Congress MLAs led by Nawang Rigzin Jora took to their feet as the House assembled this morning and wanted to know from Speaker as to why the Private Members’ bill seeking reservation in promotions in Government jobs was not in the list of business.
The Congress MLAs then stormed into the Well of the House to stage protest against the Speaker’s move and shouted slogans against him. After disrupting the proceedings for nearly 15 minutes, the Congress MLAs staged walkout from the House.
Independent MLA from Langate Abdul Rashid Sheikh also protested against non-inclusion of his bill seeking revocation of ban on beef in the State.”If consuming liquor is a matter of choice as said by the Finance Minister, then why should not consuming beef be a matter of choice?”, he asked.
As the Speaker ignored his protests, Rashid staged a walkout from the House. He said that the Bill was introduced in the last session and Government managed to buy time and ensured that the Bill does not come up for the discussion, he said adding it was a Constitutional requirement that the Bill has to be taken for discussion and vote on the topmost priority in the next session. However, the Bill did not figure in the list of business today.
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