Srinagar: Ruling National Conference on Saturday said that it is the Speaker who will decide on business of the House.
Reacting to BJP’s demand that the Speaker shouldn’t permit any “unconstitutional, anti-national and undemocratic activity” in the House in the wake of resolution on Article 370 submitted by Peoples Conference president and MLA Sajad Gani Lone , the NC leader and MLA Hazratbal Salman Sagar today said that “BJP is just making these statements to score brownie points.”
“The Speaker would decide on whether any bill is unconstitutional and anti-national and qualifies to be introduced in the House,” he said, adding that a team of legal experts looks into bills before they are tabled. “The Parliamentary Affairs Ministry ensures that no anti-national or unconstitutional bill is tabled in the House,” the NC leader said as per the news agency KNO.
PC president Sajad Gani Lone has submitted a resolution in the Assembly seeking condemnation of abrogation of Article 370 and 35-A. Lone has also sought restoration of the pre-August 5, 2019 constitutional position to Jammu and Kashmir.
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.
Separately, the party’s chief spokesperson and MLA Zadibal, Tanvir Sadiq said that the government will do every possible effort to make the assembly “people-centric”. He said whatever will be raised in the House will be in the interest of the people of Jammu and Kashmir.
Talking to reporters in Srinagar, Sadiq criticized reports of “shadow cabinet” being constituted by the opposition BJP.
“Let BJP do what they want, but what we want is to ensure smooth functioning of the House to address peoples’ issues. Today the House has 88 MLAs who will take up peoples’ grievances. The elected MLAs will flag up peoples’ questions and whosoever will interrupt in it will go against the wishes of the people,” NC chief spokesperson said.
He appealed to the opposition to ensure smooth business of the House, which is commencing from March 3. “There will be an effort to fill the vacuum of the last ten years and address peoples’ grievances,” he said.
