Srinagar: Amid controversy over the adjournment motion brought by MLAs of National Conference and their ally parties regarding the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2025—which caused disruptions in the J&K Assembly for three consecutive days—former Lok Sabha Secretary General P. D. T. Achary on Monday said that such a motion cannot be brought against actions of the central government in the J&K Assembly.
Speaking to the news agency KNO, Achary, an authority on parliamentary affairs in India, said, “An adjournment motion against the central government can only be moved in the Lok Sabha. It cannot be brought on the Waqf (amendment) bill -2025 in J&K Assembly.”
The National Conference and its allies had submitted notices to adjourn the Assembly’s proceedings to discuss the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2025. However, the Speaker rejected these motions, citing that matter is sub -judice.
Achary described J&K’s ruling party’s attempt to bring adjournment motions in the J&K Assembly as “strange,” stating that such motions are censure motions against the government and can only be initiated by the opposition.
“In J&K Assembly, only opposition can bring an adjournment motion against the elected government,” he said.
A censure motion is an expression of disapproval of a specific policy, action, or conduct of the government, a minister, or a group of ministers. It is used to highlight government’s failures.
