Opposition parties in Jammu and Kashmir today staged a walkout from the Assembly alleging that the state government was not serious about discussing the Kashmir unrest as Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti, who was scheduled to speak on the issue, had left for Srinagar.
Soon after the House met for the day, opposition leader Omar Abdullah said, "I have come to know that the Chief Minister, who was scheduled to speak today, has left for Srinagar. This shows that the government is not serious on discussing the Kashmir unrest and there is no reason to sit in the House."
He said the Chief Minister was not serious towards the house and the Opposition, "then why are we wasting our time here".
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Opposition National Conference (NC) and Congress then staged the walkout.
Congress MLC Usman Majid alleged that the government was not serious about the discussion on the Kashmir unrest.
Speaker Kavinder Gupta informed the House that the Chief Minister would reply on the discussion on Kashmir unrest in the next sitting after the Question Hour.
The House was later adjourned for the day.
Later, in a series of tweets attacking Mufti, Abdullah said, "What a pity that @Mehbooba Mufti chose to fly to Srinagar rather than participate in the discussion about the recent summer unrest (sic)."
"It shows her complete lack of concern for the victims, her uncaring attitude and her total disdain for the sanctity of the Assembly of J&K," he said.
The former CM tweeted, "Rather than reply to the discussion she preferred to fly out so she could lay a handful of foundation stones in the valley tomorrow!!! (sic)."
"She used the state's plane and could've flown out later this evening or early tomorrow morning," he suggested in a tweet.
Meanwhile, Education Minister Naeem Akhter said the members of the Opposition should have listened to others present in the House.
"He should have listened to them as they could have also shown the way forward. Omar Abdullah every day says that he has committed mistakes. It is possible that he could mend his mistakes by listening to a small leader," he said.
On Abdullah's statement that Mufti should take responsibility for the unrest and resign, Akhter said, "It is their only concern as they had a monopoly in Jammu and Kashmir. The NC and Congress shared power alternatively, but now this monopoly has been broken. They have to learn to live with it."
He claimed that in 2010, the PDP never asked the NC to leave the government.
"The NC has a monopolistic mindset as they could not digest Mehbooba Mufti becoming Chief Minister. Now everybody has to work and people will decide the fate of leaders," he said.
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