Amid BJP’s demand of disallowing unconstitutional activity, NC says Speaker will decide on business of the House
Accuses BJP of scoring brownie points
Srinagar: Amid BJP’s demand for disallowing unconstitutional, anti- national and undemocratic resolutions and bills in the House, National Conference on Saturday said that the Speaker would decide on business of the House and they(BJP) are just making such statements for scoring brownie points.
To a question that BJP has urged the Speaker that he shouldn’t permit any unconstitutional, anti- national and undemocratic activity in the House in the wake of Article 370 resolution submitted by PC president Sajad Gani Lone , the NC today said that the Speaker has to decide on the Business of the House.
“The Speaker would decide on whether any bill is unconstitutional and anti-national and qualifies to be introduced in the House. The Speaker is in the House. A team of legal experts looks into bills to be tabled.The Parliamentary Affairs Ministry ensures that no anti- national or unconstitutional bill is tabled in the House, ” NC leader and MLA Hazratbal Salman Sagr told reporters here as per news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO)
He said that BJP is just making these statements to score brownie points.
PC president Sajad Gani Lone has submitted a resolution in the Assembly seeking condemnation of abrogation of Article 370 and Art. 35A. Lone has also sought restoration of the pre—August 5, 2019 constitutional position. On the other hand, the BJP is demanding that no such resolution should be brought in the House, saying that they wouldn’t permit any unconstitutional and anti- national activity in the House—(KNO)
