<p>Pandemonium prevailed in the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly on Saturday as the opposition parties staged a walkout over the government’s refusal to adopt a resolution countering the one passed by the Pakistan National Assembly on the execution of Afzal Guru.<br /><br /></p>.<p>As the House started its proceedings, BJP and Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party legislators called for the introduction and passage of a counter-resolution against the one passed by the Pakistan National Assembly on Thursday.<br /><br />Bharatiya Janata Party Legislative Party leader Ashok Khajuria asked the Speaker Mubarak Gul that the House formally condemn the Pakistani move, a proposal supported by JKNPP’s Harsh Dev Singh and Jammu State Morcha’s (JSM) Ashwami Sharma.<br /><br />But turning down those demands, deputy chief minister Tara Chand and law minister Mir Saifullah said Parliament had already passed a resolution condemning the Pakistani move. “Parliament has already passed a resolution against Pakistan — the message has been sent. It is applicable to us also — there is no need for a resolution,” Chand said.<br /><br />“We have no control over Pakistan. We have a limited role in this Assembly,” he added. The state government’s stand, however, triggered off loud demands by opposition members who were on their feet shouting anti-Pakistan slogans.<br /><br />“If we can discuss and bring a resolution on terrorist Guru why can’t we bring one against Pakistan which has bled us in proxy war?” said Ashwani Kumar of JSM, evoking a strong reaction from rural development minister and National Conference legislator, Ali Mohammad Sagar.<br /><br />Later, the agitating opposition members staged a walkout from the House. <br />The main opposition PDP has already boycotted the Assembly and are not attending the House proceedings over the issue of Guru’s hanging.<br /><br />BJP and JKNPP’s legislators had called for the introduction and passage of a <br />counter-resolution against the one passed by Pakistan National Assembly on Thursday</p>
<p>Pandemonium prevailed in the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly on Saturday as the opposition parties staged a walkout over the government’s refusal to adopt a resolution countering the one passed by the Pakistan National Assembly on the execution of Afzal Guru.<br /><br /></p>.<p>As the House started its proceedings, BJP and Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party legislators called for the introduction and passage of a counter-resolution against the one passed by the Pakistan National Assembly on Thursday.<br /><br />Bharatiya Janata Party Legislative Party leader Ashok Khajuria asked the Speaker Mubarak Gul that the House formally condemn the Pakistani move, a proposal supported by JKNPP’s Harsh Dev Singh and Jammu State Morcha’s (JSM) Ashwami Sharma.<br /><br />But turning down those demands, deputy chief minister Tara Chand and law minister Mir Saifullah said Parliament had already passed a resolution condemning the Pakistani move. “Parliament has already passed a resolution against Pakistan — the message has been sent. It is applicable to us also — there is no need for a resolution,” Chand said.<br /><br />“We have no control over Pakistan. We have a limited role in this Assembly,” he added. The state government’s stand, however, triggered off loud demands by opposition members who were on their feet shouting anti-Pakistan slogans.<br /><br />“If we can discuss and bring a resolution on terrorist Guru why can’t we bring one against Pakistan which has bled us in proxy war?” said Ashwani Kumar of JSM, evoking a strong reaction from rural development minister and National Conference legislator, Ali Mohammad Sagar.<br /><br />Later, the agitating opposition members staged a walkout from the House. <br />The main opposition PDP has already boycotted the Assembly and are not attending the House proceedings over the issue of Guru’s hanging.<br /><br />BJP and JKNPP’s legislators had called for the introduction and passage of a <br />counter-resolution against the one passed by Pakistan National Assembly on Thursday</p>