Jammu, Feb 5: An amendment to the Lieutenant Governor's Address regarding the attacks of Kashmiris working in other states moved by Peoples Conference chairman and MLA Sajjad Gani Lone was defeated in the Legislative Assembly on Thursday.
After the CM’s reply to the LG’s Address, Peoples Conference president Sajad Lone pushed that his amendment be put to vote.
When the amendment was put to voting, National Conference MLAs voted against it, while Peoples Conference and Peoples Democratic Party MLAs voted in its favour.
After the voice vote, the Speaker declared that the amendment had been rejected by the House.
Speaking to media persons after his amendment was defeated, Lone explained the process, stating that amendments moved to the Governor’s Address are either accepted, withdrawn or voted upon.
“So let me tell you what our National Conference brothers, along with the BJP, voted against,” he said.
Lone said one of the amendments sought to highlight the attacks on Kashmiris outside Jammu and Kashmir and the absence of any serious action by other states.
“There is no mention of Kashmiris being beaten outside. There is no mention of what action was taken. They jointly voted against even mentioning this,” he said, adding that these were human beings being harassed and assaulted. “They kept saying there is an ‘institution’. If there is an institution, tell us how many attacks happened and in how many cases FIRs were lodged,” he said.