Speaker Legislative Assembly, Abdul Rahim Rather on Wednesday adjourned the House sine die.
The 21 days assembly session commenced on 3rd March with LG’s address and culminated today afternoon.
The Speaker informed the house that during the Session, 1355 questions were received; 154 main questions were taken up during this session while their 353 supplementaries were answered.
He also informed the house that 1738 Cut Motions were also received and 1731 were taken up for the discussions.
The Speaker further informed the house that three Government Bills were received and subsequently passed by the house. He added that 33 Private Members Bills were also received and listed for the business.
Rather informed the house that 78 Calling Attention Motions were received by the Assembly Secretariat, out of which 23 were listed for the business and 34 were disallowed.
The speaker said that the 21 day Budget session was second longest in the country during 2025.
He said 109 resolutions were received during the session, out of which 85 were admitted and 14 were listed for business.
The Speaker said more than 39 hours were utilized during the Budget Session.
Speaker thanked all the Assembly Members for their cooperation for smooth conduct of the Assembly proceedings. He also thanked Information Department, Assembly Secretariat, Health Department, Radio, Doordarshan, J&K Police, Media and other stakeholders for support during the Budget Session.
Addressing the members in the House, Speaker Abdul Rahim Rather defended his action of disallowing the adjournment motion by some National Conference (NC) members and its alliance partners on the Waqf issue and also disallowed a no-confidence motion moved against him by three opposition members led by Peoples Conference leader Sajad Gani Lone, citing business rules and technicalities.
Rather spoke unhindered for more than 15 minutes for the first time in the past three days as the House had been rocked by protests by treasury and opposition members who were demanding a discussion on the Waqf (Amendment) Act.
According to the revised calendar, Wednesday was the last day of the Budget Session.
Earlier when the House met in the morning, the ruling NC members started demanding discussion on Waqf Act. The BJP members also walked into the well demanding that they be given an opportunity to raise their issues like unemployment.
Amid the pandemonium, the Speaker adjourned the house till 1 pm.
When the house met again, the protests started again as AAP MLA Mehraj Malik, who was involved in a clash with BJP legislators and some PDP workers outside the House during the three-hour adjournment, tried to raise the issue.
The Assembly witnessed back-to-back full-day adjournments for the last two days on the Waqf issue after the Speaker refused to allow a discussion on the Waqf issue, contending that the matter was sub judice.
On Wednesday, the NC members once again trooped into the well to demand suspension of business to discuss the Waqf Amendment act, while BJP’s Balwant Singh Mankotia moved an adjournment motion to discuss the problem of unemployment.
However, the Speaker disallowed the motion saying it is not a recent occurrence and took up scheduled business. He asked BJP member Sunil Bhardwaj to ask his question despite uproarious scenes including slogan shouting from treasury and opposition benches in support of discussion on Waqf and the unemployment issues.
NC legislator Nazir Ahmad Khan Gurezi pleaded the Speaker to allow a 30-minute discussion using his discretionary powers so that the House could function smoothly.
“This (Waqf Amendment act) is injustice to Muslims and the BJP, which is doing its politics on Hindu-Muslim affairs, is enacting a drama in the House by raising the issue of unemployment. They were in power for the last 10 years and they should inform the House about the number of those who have been provided employment by them,” Gurezi said.
Gurezi accused the BJP of destroying the region and snatching the rights of the people over land and jobs.
The BJP members led by Leader of Opposition Sunil Sharma walked into the well amid sloganeering by legislators from both sides. Some of them also staged a sit-in. Amid the uproar, the Speaker adjourned the house till 1 pm.