The Jammu and Kashmir assembly on Tuesday witnessed uproar over the protests of daily wagers, with treasury benches and opposition members resorting to sloganeering against each other.
Shortly after question hour concluded, BJP MLA and leader of opposition Sunil Sharma said that he had raised concerns over the ongoing strike of daily wagers yesterday also in the house but there has been no response from the government over it.
“The government should make a statement over it,” Sharma demanded.
Responding to Sharma, Deputy Chief Minister Surinder Choudhary accused the BJP of failing to resolve the issue of daily wagers in the last ten years.
“We formed a committee within days to resolve the issues of daily wagers. Why didn’t you (BJP) form a committee to address their grievances in the past 10 years?” he said.
The remarks of the deputy CM triggered a war of words between the BJP and the ruling national conference and Congress members.
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Amid commotion in the House, BJP’s Sham Lal Sharma said that the “government should behave like a government”.
As protests continued, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said that BJP has agreed that there has been no justice for daily wagers over 10 years.
“I appeal to daily wagers to call off the strike. The committee headed by CS officers and bureaucrats will hold talks with you,” he said.
Later, the BJP legislators staged a walkout from the house.
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