Srinagar/June,17: The state assembly was on Saturday adjourned indefinitely after noisy scenes were witnessed in a special one-day session called to discuss the GST implementation. Opposition MLAs accused the Mehbooba Mufti-led government of “blinding boys and girls by using pellet guns”. The speaker said that house will meet after the All Party Committee (APC) formed on GST comes up with a report.
As soon as the assembly started to take up obituary references, Congress MLAs stood up on their seats demanding that the names of those killed in the unrest be included in the obituary references of the house.
The Congress MLAs said the PDP-BJP government was blinding boys and girls by using pellet guns and later distributing scooties and laptops among them.
As speaker Kulwinder Gupta tried to restore order in the house, National Conference MLA Devender Rana stood up and accused the speaker of destroying the credibility of the house by acting at the behest of New Delhi.
The NC and the Congress also protested outside the assembly against “innocent killings” in the Valley. The protesting legislators carried placards saying “stop innocent killings”, “stop state terrorism”.
The government had convened the session to discuss the Goods and Services Tax (GST) implementation which needs a constitutional amendment by the legislature so that the new tax regime is adopted in the state.
Meanwhile, groups of traders, manufacturers and other businessmen staged a sit-in in the city’s Lal Chowk area against the move.
Protesting traders, manufacturers and other businessmen later started a march towards the assembly to register their protest against the implementation of GST in the state.
Speaker Kavinder Gupta later adjourned the House for indefinite period. “The House will meet when the all-party Committee comes up with its report on GST,” he said.
