Tensions soared in the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly as National Conference (NC) MLAs intensified their protest against the Waqf Amendment Bill. Shouting slogans, tearing papers, and climbing onto desks, the legislators attempted to pressure Speaker Abdul Rahim Rather to allow discussion on the bill. Despite repeated refusals from the Speaker, NC leaders continued to protest inside the House, accusing the Speaker of stalling the debate. The protest appeared to be a strategic move by the National Conference to portray that they were willing to discuss the bill, but were denied a platform. Marshals stopped MLAs from entering the Well, prompting them to stand on desks and wave torn documents toward the Speaker. The BJP has accused the NC of using these dramatic visuals to influence media narratives. As the chaos continued, the Speaker refused to proceed until order was restored, leaving the Assembly deadlocked over the contentious amendment.
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00:00And today, once again, these papers are being torn and thrown away.
00:05And these are the signs of the time-restricted law, which is being torn up in the assembly.
00:13Yesterday, we saw this kind of picture.
00:15Today, we are seeing the same kind of picture.
00:18Yesterday, the command of this time-restricted law was in the hands of the MLA's of the National Conference.
00:23And today, the time-restricted law is being violently opposed by the PDP, the party of Mehbooba Mufti, in the assembly.
00:32This is the difference between today and tomorrow.
00:34We will take you straight ahead.
00:35We have our supporters with us.
00:37Ajay Batshroo.
00:38He is constantly on the news.
00:40Ajay, the thing that was being opposed by the National Conference yesterday,
00:44is being opposed by the PDP today.
00:47Is this just political posturing that we are seeing in the assembly?
00:52Yes, of course.
00:53Ramana, you must remember, yesterday you asked a question,
00:57how will the MC take this issue forward?
01:00How will the National Conference take this issue forward?
01:02So, I will tell you a big thing about that.
01:05Today, about 25 MPs of the National Conference asked the Speaker for an explanation on the time-restricted law.
01:1425 MPs have written that there should be a debate on this,
01:18because the Speaker has already disallowed this yesterday.
01:22So, all the MPs of the National Conference are constantly on this issue.
01:27And now, the written message that they have given to the Speaker,
01:31the number of those MPs had also increased.
01:34Until yesterday, only Tanvir Tadiq was there.
01:36But now, 25 MPs have written to the Speaker that there should be a debate on all these issues.
01:42And they are constantly on this issue,
01:45that until the Speaker does not debate on the time-restricted law,
01:49he will not allow the proceedings of the court to proceed.
01:52In this regard, the MPs of the National Conference,
01:54not only on the table, but also in the sitting arrangement,
01:58the seats of the MPs,
02:00they are also standing there and continuously giving speeches.
02:03Papers are being torn here.
02:05Papers are being thrown towards the well.
02:07And the Speaker is being pressured
02:11to debate on this.
02:13But, because the Speaker has already denied this,
02:16that there cannot be a debate on this.
02:18So, in this case, the National Conference,
02:21somewhere, wants to present a picture from here,
02:25that all of us wanted this.
02:27The National Conference wanted a debate on this.
02:29But the Speaker did not allow that debate to take place.
02:32And somewhere, the game is being thrown in the hands of the Speaker.
02:36And somewhere, through these demonstrations,
02:39through these pictures,
02:41papers are being torn, clothes are being torn,
02:43people are standing on the table,
02:45to address the media gallery,
02:47what the BJP is continuously doing,
02:49that is happening.
02:51And here, a picture is being presented,
02:54that these people, who are the MPs of the National Conference,
02:57or some of them are now their supporters,
03:00whether they are Sajjan Lal,
03:02or whether they are members of the People's Democratic Party.
03:07These people want to present a picture,
03:10that they wanted a debate on this bill.
03:13And when this picture will be published in the newspapers,
03:16and such pictures will be shown on TV,
03:19then somewhere, the constituency of the National Conference,
03:24the Chief of Kashmir,
03:26is being tried to address here,
03:28through these pictures,
03:30through these demonstrations.
03:32So, all in all, this time-limited bill,
03:35the aim of its opposition,
03:37is to keep the National Conference in its own hands,
03:40this is what is being seen here.
03:42Yesterday, the same kind of opposition was made by the National Conference,
03:46when, symbolically, this time-limited bill,
03:49its opposition was done in the Parliament,
03:52and see, how, by protesting against it,
03:54these MPs of the National Conference,
03:56today, one step ahead of them,
03:58the MPs of the National Conference,
04:00they have reached in front of the Speaker's chair,
04:03they are not being given permission to enter the well,
04:06so, they are standing on the same table,
04:09and there, they are protesting,
04:11and from there, they are debating with the Speaker.
04:14But the Speaker is also standing,
04:16and the Speaker is repeatedly saying,
04:18that until they go and sit on their seats,
04:20until the House doesn't come in order,
04:23until then, we will not talk further.
04:26Right now, the situation of the opposition is like this.
04:30If the House doesn't come in order,
04:32how will you sit on your seats?
04:35Okay, in between, on behalf of the Speaker,
04:37it is being said, that you cannot reverse it,
04:40which has become a law from the Parliament.
04:42No discussion, no discussion, I have not allowed it.
04:44I have not allowed it.
04:46And directly, directly, on behalf of the Speaker,
04:49it is being said, that I have not given any permission for discussion.
04:52There will be no discussion.
04:54Right now, on behalf of the National Conference,
04:56it is being demanded, that somehow,
04:58there should be a discussion in the Parliament,
05:00regarding the law that has been amended.
05:02But the Speaker is clearly saying,
05:04that I have not given permission for discussion.
05:06The Speaker, here,
05:08is explaining to the MPs,
05:10who are protesting,
05:12that the law that has been made by the MPs,
05:14you cannot end it.
05:18And yesterday also, on behalf of the Speaker,
05:20he was showing that poster,
05:22and the Marshal came from behind,
05:24and the Marshal snatched that poster,
05:26from the hands of the MPs,
05:28and with that, he moved back.
05:30Now here again, the slogans are loud.
05:56We will go directly to you.
05:58Our co-sponsor, Ajay Bachanoo,
06:00has been continuously reporting on this news.
06:02Let us know,
06:04from Ajay Bachanoo,
06:06what kind of slogans are being made?
06:08Against whom are the slogans being raised here, Ajay?
06:10Look, here, you can see Sajjad Blon,
06:12in the pictures.
06:14Sajjad Blon is continuously
06:16unscratching,
06:18the MPs of the National Conference.
06:20He is unscratching,
06:22the MPs of the National Conference.
06:24He is unscratching, the MPs of the National Conference.
06:26And in the midst of this,
06:28Congress is also in a state of chaos today.
06:30Congress's MP Hafeez Blon,
06:32he brought a poster,
06:34and he was showing that poster,
06:36in front of the Speaker,
06:38from whom the Marshal snatched it.
06:40Tell us, on this poster,
06:42yesterday also, there was a riot here,
06:44and when Hafeez Blon was showing that poster,
06:46the BJP's MP, Vikram Randhawa,
06:48snatched that poster from him.