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| Demand disbanding of House Committee on "discrimination" | | BJP, NPP stage walk-out | | Bashir Assad
Jammu, Feb22; The opposition BJP and Panthers Saturday staged walk-out from the Jammu and Kashmir state assembly against the constitution of house committee to look into the allegations of discrimination with Kashmir valley in creation of health centers. As soon as the House met here today for normal business the opposition members of BJP, Panthers Party and lone MLA of JSM protested against the constitution of house committee as announced by the Speaker, Mubarak Gull the other day after the opposition members from Kashmir alleged that out of newly proposed 600 health centers in the state only 200 have been sanctioned for Kashmir valley while as 400 health centers are proposed to be opened up in Jammu division. The Jammu based members soon after the question hour started shouting slogans against Speaker's decision of constitution of house committee on the issue. Though Speaker continued the normal transaction of business, however, the BJP and Panthers Party legislators continued their protest while raising slogans against the government. Some members of BJP even trooped into the well demanding that orders for constituting house committee should be revoked immediately. Speaker Gull tried to pacify the agitating MLAs and assured them there will be members from BJP and NPP in the house committee besides members from other parties, however, the protesting legislators refused to die down and amid sloganeering staged walk-out from the house in protest against the decision. Earlier when BJP and NPP legislators were protesting in the first row of the assembly, independent MLA Er Rashid trooped into the well alleging that the government was discriminating against Kashmir in all developmental programs and Jammu was getting special attention from the government. Rashid alleged that Kashmiris are being discriminated by Omar Abdullah government and step motherly treatment was being given to them. Pertinently the opposition PDP alleged the other day that 'discrimination' with Kashmir Valley was done about the establishment of the primary health centers. PDP members and the independent lawmaker, Er Rashid had raised a hue and cry before the proceedings of the house were adjourned for some time. The members had also alleged that there was an inter-constituency discrimination as well in the establishment of the health centers. The speaker had later announced the constitution of a house committee to probe the allegations. |
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