Jammu, June 8: Independent legislator Engineer Rashid on Wednesday was marshalled out after from Jammu and Kashmir Assembly after he created an uproar in the house. Engineer Rashid was marshalled out of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly after he continues disrupting proceedings of the house while standing in the well. The MLA refused to heed repeated directions from the speaker to resume his seat. He was then removed from the house by the security staff on the orders of the speaker.
This is not the first time when Engineer Rashid was forced to leave Jammu and Kashmir Assembly. On May 30, Engineer Rashid was marshalled out as had been protesting on the Handwara killings. Similar on May 24, Rashid was forced to leave after he stated protesting over the Speaker’s decision not to allow his resolution seeking return of mortal remains of the parliament attack convict Afzal Guru to his family members in the Valley. (ALSO READ: Pandemonium in Jammu and Kashmir assembly during budget speech)
#WATCH: Independent MLA Engineer Rashid marshalled out after uproar in J&K Assemblyhttps://t.co/G1wywNnUBW
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Independent MLA Engineer Rashid marshalled out after uproar in J&K Assembly pic.twitter.com/mTR2f5agWO
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The ongoing Budget Session of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly has been witnessing ruckus with Opposition parties disturbing the proceedings of the house over different issues. Since Jammu and Kashmir was under the governor’s rule from January 7 to April 4 because of the death of the then chief minister Mufti Muhammad Sayeed, it did not have a normal budget. Governor N.N. Vohra had passed a vote on account in the state administrative council during that period to avert a financial crisis in the state.
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