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Ruckus in LC as Govt drops 'controversial' resolution 6/13/2016 11:06:54 PM Jehangir Rashid Early Times Report SRINAGAR, June 13: Legislators of Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP), Congress and National Conference today created ruckus in the legislative council over the changes made in a resolution that called for condemnation regarding presence of Chinese troops in Gilgit and Baltistan. As the house started its proceedings for the day, the BJP legislators stood up and sought the attention of chairman Haji Anayat Ali. The agitating legislators wanted to know the reasons behind the deletion of some sentences of the resolution moved vis-à-vis presence of China in Gilgit and Baltistan. The BJP legislators were joined by the Congress and National Conference legislators with the protesting MLCs carrying out strong protest against the move. They were of the opinion that since the topic is sensitive one it should be taken up in original without any deletion. The legislators accused the state government of running away from discussion on the topic and termed the development as 'condemnable'. "The presence of Chinese troops in Gilgit and Baltistan is a serious matter and it can be debated by the legislature of Jammu & Kashmir. There is nothing wrong about the moving of this resolution and subsequent discussion on this topic. But it is quite unfortunate that the government is shying away from discussion," said the protesting MLCs in one voice. The council chairman managed to pacify the agitating legislators and asked them to allow the question hour to be taken up since the questions pertain to the common masses. He said the issue would be discussed once the question hour is over and the government would come out with a reply in this regard. Once the question hour was over, Minister for Law stood up and voiced his concern over the moving of the resolution. The minister said that the resolution was not listed in the business for today and as such there was no reason for the members to create noise about the same. Quoting the rules, the minister said that the house is not authorized to discuss the issues that will impact the foreign policy of the country. He said that besides the external affairs ministry the functioning of the defence ministry may be impacted if the resolution is moved and then a discussion is carried out on the same. The minister said that Jammu & Kashmir legislature has no jurisdiction to counsel Government of India as how to carry out its foreign policy.   Share This News with Your Friends on Social Network     Comment on this Story

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