Sloganeering, uproar in Jammu and Kashmir Assembly on Waqf law

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The Jammu and Kashmir Assembly on Monday saw a heated uproar over the Waqf law, with members of the National Conference (NC)-led alliance tearing copies of the law inside the House.

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00:00More news coming in is massive ruckus in Jammu and Kashmir assembly over the Waqf law

00:06The National Conference and the BJP MLAs stormed well of the assembly in Jammu and Kashmir

00:12National Conference MLAs tear the Waqf law copy in-house

00:16sloganeering uproar over Waqf law in the assembly in Jammu and Kashmir

00:30Sloganeering uproar over Waqf law in the assembly in Jammu and Kashmir

00:43Take your seats, please take your seats

00:47Jai Jai Aapne, Aapne Jagon Pat Jai Jai

00:50Take your seats, please take your seats

01:00Here, we are not challenging the parliament.

01:26This is a Muslim majority state and we have all the right to speak on something that directly

01:30affects J&K and we feel that there should be a discussion on how the bill will impact

01:36the people of J&K and that is the reason.

01:39There are many members in the assembly who have signed on the adjournment motion.

01:43We hope that considering the sentiment of the people of J&K and the elected legislature

01:49of J&K, the speaker will admit and give us time to speak on this.

01:54Not everybody is happy with the Waqf-e-Amendment bill.

01:56It is a direct attack on the religious minorities, the minorities of this country and we feel

02:02we have all the right to speak and this is an August House.

02:05The National Conference is in ruling and in power and the way they have done the unconstitutional

02:14actions in this parliament and I feel that if they bring an unconstitutional adjournment

02:24motion again, then it will be called as unconstitutional.

02:28The bill that has been passed by the parliament and that has been stamped by the President

02:34and now we consider it as a sub-judice and it has even gone to the court.

02:39You tell me, the assembly of the Union Territory, J&K, will discuss the Waqf-e-Amendment bill?

02:45It is a matter of shame that you do not believe in the laws of the parliament.

02:50Whom will you believe in?

02:51Alright, I am going straight across to Mir for more on that.

02:54Mir of the National Conference there making it very clear that the bill is not acceptable

02:59and also that this matter is in court right now.

03:02It can't be accepted, the protest would continue.

03:05Yes, Ms. Neha, in fact even before this assembly session started, we know assembly has gone

03:13on a heat break and now the budget session has resumed.

03:18The NCMLAs and leaders have made it clear that they will raise this issue of the amendments

03:23in the Waqf-e-Amendment bill in the assembly and that's exactly what has happened.

03:27The National Conference supported by some opposition MLAs and independents basically

03:32pressed upon the adjournment motion and called upon the Speaker that this issue is ensued.

03:39J&K is a Muslim majority area and that's why there should be a debate on this because this

03:47is unacceptable.

03:48Now post that obviously, one such adjournment motion that was brought in by Sajjad Lone

03:54was dismissed by the Speaker and in fact on this as well there was a ruckus.

03:58Since it was all planned as far as National Conference is concerned and obviously the

04:02BJP MLAs opposing it tooth and nail are trying to suggest that this assembly does not have

04:07the power, the mandate to discuss this because it's already been done by the Parliament.

04:11That's the line of the BJP but quite clearly NC and BDP, other opposition is not ready

04:19to let go this issue.

04:20They've raised it in a big way and already ruckus in the J&K assembly.

04:25I'm going to thank you for joining in Mir Farid.

04:27They're getting in those details at this point in time with the NC MLAs making their protests

04:33loud and clear.

04:34The BJP is also in fact protesting this NC of course against the WAF amendment bill which

04:39they say is a matter even pending in court and it's not acceptable to the people of J&K

04:45says the ruling party.

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