Srinagar:
BJP and Panthers party MLAs in Jammu and Kashmir are keeping up their protests against Chief Minister Omar Abdullah's remarks on the state's accession. (
Read: Ruckus in J&K Assembly over Omar speech)
The MLAs are today sitting on dharna outside the state Assembly and are demanding Omar's apology and want him to withdraw his remarks.
"No Chief Minister in the last 63 years has made such remarks as made by Omar Abdullah, which are provocative and anti-national," said Jugal Kishore, BJP MLA.
The Law Minister tried to persuade the MLAs to return to the House.
Both the BJP and Panther's party have decided to boycott the rest of the Assembly session over Omar's remarks.
The Panthers party says it will file a notice before the Speaker seeking that Omar's remark be treated as contemptuous and expunged from the records.
There was complete chaos in the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly on October 7. Members of the BJP and the Panthers Party stormed the well of the House, shouting that Chief Minister Omar Abdullah is anti-national, irresponsible, and "a flop chief minister." They said they were incensed by Abdullah's October 6 speech.
On October 6, Omar launched a scathing attack on the Centre, accusing Delhi of overriding his authority. (
Read: J&K government no puppet, says Omar Abdullah)
He specifically targeted the Home Secretary for personally announcing the relaxation of curfew in Srinagar back in July and was miffed that the eight-point Kashmir peace initiative included the reopening of schools, something that was already announced by his administration.
"After our meeting in an eight-point programme, it was announced that the schools will be opened. It leaves an impression again that we are a puppet government and they have a remote control in their hands. When they say that the schools should be opened, we open them and when we say that the schools should be shut, they are shut. We want to be with the government of India to improve the condition of Kashmir, but whoever is present here with me I must say that we are not their remote control or puppet," Omar had said.