JAMMU: Ruckus prevailed in the Assembly Wednesday over the killing of a youth in firing in Baramulla on Tuesday.
The PDP demanded suspension of business including presentation of annual budget by Finance Minister Abdul Rahim Rather.
The day’s business included question hour from 10 am to 11 am, zero hour from 11 am to 12 noon and presentation of budget at noon.
PDP members and Independent MLA Engineer Abdul Rashid disrupted the proceedings of the House over the killing of 25-year-old Tahir Latif Sofi.
‘Conditional’ Resignation
Former deputy chief minister and leader of opposition PDP, Muzaffar Hussain Baig submitted his resignation from the state legislative assembly to the speaker, according to IANS.
“If the chief minister is helpless in his efforts to get AFSPA (Armed Forces Special Powers Act) removed from Jammu and Kashmir, I hereby submit my resignation to the speaker. As and when Omar Abdullah resigns on the issue, my resignation may be accepted too,” Baig said.
Omar Abdullah had Tuesday made an emotional speech in the assembly after he learnt of death of a young man of Baramulla.
He said that he was tired of having to answer to the people on such incidents.
However, Omar Abdullah denied rumours that he had resigned or had plans of resigning, despite a speech in which he said he was helpless.
“What can I do. I can only seek forgiveness from the people. I cannot go on promising endlessly that I would get them justice, what’s this chair, it is not important, what’s important is human life,” the chief minister had said.
He had tweeted later that he had no plans to quit.
Baig surprised everyone by submitting his resignation to the speaker with the condition that it may be accepted only when the chief minister too resigned from his post and the membership of the house.
Baig represents Baramulla assembly constituency.
(with inputs from India Today)
