Ruckus in J&K assembly over Article 370, BJP MLAs marshalled out

In Jammu and Kashmir,  a noisy scene broke out between Bharatiya Janata Party MLAs and marshals of the assembly on Thursday,  after the Speaker directed the eviction of Opposition members who had stormed the well during their protest over the special status resolution.A poster seeking restoration of Article 370 sparked another melee involving several MLAs, including J&K People's Conference leader Sajad Lone.

Srinagar, J&K: A ruckus breaks out at J&K Assembly in Srinagar after Engineer Rashid's brother & MLA Khurshid Ahmad Sheikh displayed a banner on Article 370. LoP Sunil Sharma raised objections, leading to a brief adjournment of the House. The disruption was related to the… pic.twitter.com/ApGgTOXDBT

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The incident took place after repeated disruptions in the Jammu and Kashmir assembly, leading to heated exchanges and a brawl between the members and marshals. The conflict escalated after the BJP members continued to protest the resolution even after the Speaker's adjournment of the proceedings.On Wednesday, the J&K assembly passed a resolution, brought by the ruling National Conference (NC), asking the Centre to work out a constitutional mechanism for restoring of Article 370 or special status of the erstwhile state and hold dialogue with the elected representatives over the issue.
The day also saw some members of the PDP and People's Conference submit a fresh resolution seeking the restoration of the special status. Lone slammed the National Conference and said its resolution, which they backed Wednesday, is "drama". "We supported the resolution and their spokesperson tweets that we are allies of BJP. Enough of this nonsense."