J&K Assembly Passes Resolution Demanding Urgent Restoration of Full Statehood
BJP lawmakers tore papers, staged mock proceedings and sought Speaker Abdul Rahim Rather’s removal after the House took up a statehood resolution.
- On Monday, September 28, 2026, the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly descended into chaos as Bharatiya Janata Party members protested Chief Minister Omar Abdullah's resolution seeking urgent restoration of Statehood.
- The Bharatiya Janata Party opposed the resolution, asserting references to the erstwhile state's status before August 5, 2019, and Article 370 constitute an insult to the Constitution of India.
- Members jumped into the well of the House and tore business papers while raising slogans like "Bharat Mata ki Jai," with BJP MLA Sham Lal Sharma conducting mock proceedings on the floor.
- The opposition moved a motion with 23 signatures demanding Speaker Abdul Rahim Rather step aside, but Rather rejected the immediate request citing a 14-day procedural rule and continued the Question Hour.
- Asserting Statehood will be restored as part of the Bharatiya Janata Party agenda, opposition leaders labeled the resolution "drama," claiming the National Conference seeks to sabotage the process by inserting its own agenda.
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Times of IndiaJ&K Assembly passes resolution demanding urgent restoration of full statehood
Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly recently passed a resolution demanding the immediate restoration of full statehood. The resolution was moved by Chief Minister Omar Abdullah during a heated session in the Assembly. Opposition members from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) staged a walkout and caused disruptions. Four BJP MLAs were subsequently marshalled out due to creating a ruckus in the House.
J&K Assembly passes resolution demanding full statehood
The resolution, moved by Chief Minister Omar Abdullah in the assembly today witnessed heated exchanges between the treasury and opposition benches, with BJP MLAs objecting to references to the erstwhile state’s status before August 5, 2019.
BJP MLAs hold mock proceedings, tear papers in J-K Assembly over statehood
The Jammu and Kashmir Assembly witnessed chaotic scenes as BJP members protested a resolution seeking the urgent restoration of statehood. The BJP opposed the resolution, calling it an insult to the Constitution, and moved a motion for the Speaker's removal, leading to disruptions and mock proceedings in the House.
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Chaos In J&K Assembly | CM Omar Abdullah demanded that Jammu and Kashmir be given autonomous statehood. A resolution was moved in the Assembly to this effect. BJP MLAs opposed it. They rushed into the middle of the House and created a ruckus. Chaos broke out in the House as they tried to throw microphones.
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