Speaker asks members to ensure smooth functioning of the house
Jammu:The Bharatiya Janta Party on Thursday demanded that the speaker shouldn’t permit any unconstitutional or anti- national activity during the Assembly budget session starting March 03.
Speaking to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) senior BJP leader Sunil Kumar Sharma said that they wouldn’t allow any unconstitutional, undemocratic or anti-national resolution, question or any bill in the House.
“During the all-party meeting I urged the speaker that he shouldn’t allow any such activity and run the House impartially,” he said.
Speaker Abdul Rahim Rather chaired an all-party meeting on Thursday morning to seek cooperation from political parties for smooth functioning of the house during the budget session.
Sources told KNO that the speaker urged members to ensure that question hour is not disrupted which, he said, is important for holding the government accountable.
They said the participants urged the speaker that they should be given adequate time to raise issues of public concern.
Speaking to KNO, MLA Rajouri Muzaffar Iqbal Khan said that the meeting discussed means to ensure smooth functioning of the House.
“There was agreement among all parties that there wouldn’t be disruptions and it would be ensured that the executive is accountable to the legislature,” he said.
The meeting was attended by Sunil Sharma and Surjit Singh Salathia of the BJP, Mubarak Gul of NC, Ghulam Ahmad Mir of Congress, Mohammad Yousuf Tarigami from the CPI-M), Waheed-ur-Rehman Para of PDP, and independent MLA Muzaffar Iqbal Khan.
Peoples Conference president Sajad Gani Lone and National Conference leader Ali Muhammad Sagar didn’t attend the meeting—(KNO)
