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Bedlam in Kashmir assembly over Afzal resolution
Tuesday March 19, 2013 03:10:31 PM,
IANS
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Jammu: The Jammu and
Kashmir assembly was in turmoil Tuesday after Speaker Mubarak Gul
rejected a resolution seeking the return of parliament attack
convict Afzal Guru's body to his family.
Independent legislator Engineer Rashid told IANS that he was
informed about the rejection of the resolution through a letter by
the speaker.
"The letter read that he is disallowing my resolution. This was
quite late in the night," said Rashid.
"It is unfortunate that the government is behaving like a puppet
of New Delhi. Heavens would not have fallen had this resolution
been put through to a democratic process of ... ballot system
March 30," he said.
As the house assembled Tuesday, Rashid raised slogans to protest
what he called was a denial of his democratic right.
Some legislators of the Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party
and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) entered into a scuffle with him.
This led to more protests. Congress legislators too were on their
feet.
It would be "difficult for us to be a part of this (coalition)
government (with National Conference) if constitutional norms were
thrown to winds", said Public Health Engineering Minister Sham Lal
Sharma.
The resolution sought the return of body of Afzal Guru, who was
hanged and buried in Delhi's Tihar jail Feb 9.
Speaker Gul found himself unable to control the pandemonium and
left his chair in huff. The ministers rushed to his chamber and
brought him back.
Sharma's remarks indicate that the Congress is exasperated by the
continuing protests over the issue.
Afzal Guru was executed after President Pranab Mukherjee rejected
his mercy petition.
Ever since Afzal Guru was hanged, Jammu and Kashmir's leaders,
especially from the valley, have been pleading for the return of
the body to his family.
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