“Well established parliamentary procedures allow an opposition MLA to move a bill or a resolution as private member’s bill or resolution in the assembly only after the address of the Governor/Lt Governor and tabling of obituary references for the former legislators having passed away in between the previous and the new session.”
Not learning lessons from the failures of the past that led to the downgrading of the erstwhile Jammu & Kashmir state to a union territory (UT) the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) unfortunately does not give up the exploitive politics even after suffering from a crushing defeat in the recently held assembly elections. The Party MLA Waheed U Rehman Parra introducing a resolution against abrogation of Article 370 even before the address of the Lt Governor at the maiden session of UT assembly only shows PDP’s tendencies of carrying forward its exploitive politics as usual. The fact remains that well established parliamentary procedures allow an opposition MLA to move a bill or a resolution as private member’s bill or resolution in the assembly only after the address of the Governor/Lt Governor and tabling of obituary references for the former legislators having passed away in between the previous and the new session. Above all the procedure set for tabling a resolution or bill in the assembly does not mandate an MLA to o read out the bill or the resolution but to present it for consideration to the speaker who has the powers to formally introduce it and put to debate at an appropriate time during the session as per the practices and procedures set for tabling the bills and resolutions.
“Though fact remains that a resolution against abrogation of Article 370 even if passed by the UT assembly this time won’t change the present constitutional status of Jammu & Kashmir but such a resolution will surely convey a disapproval of the Jammu & Kashmir Assembly to the August 5, 2019 decisions of the parliament. Why fighting over the resolution on Article 370 abrogation over which the ruling National Conference, People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Peoples Conference and Awami Itehad Party (AIP) don’t have any disagreement at all. Why they don’t try for a consensus over the resolution?
Unfortunately even the senior leaders of non-BJP opposition parties including the likes of People’s Conference Chairman Sajad Gani Lone and AIP MLA Kursheed Ahmad Sheik besides PDP MLA Waheed U Rehman Parra tried to play it the gallery and cameras by standing in support of the Parra’s resolution against Article 370 abrogation. Likes of Waheed U Rehman Parra, Sajad Gani Lone and Khursheed Ahmad Sheik may be good orators in politics but by the dint of their actions they have brought into disrepute the sanctity of the J&K Assembly on the very first day of the proceedings in the new house. Though fact remains that a resolution against abrogation of Article 370 even if passed by the UT assembly this time won’t change the present constitutional status of Jammu & Kashmir but such a resolution will surely convey disapproval of the Jammu & Kashmir Assembly to August 5, 2019 decisions of the parliament. Why fighting over the resolution on Article 370 abrogation over which the ruling National Conference, People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Peoples Conference and Awami Itehad Party (AIP) don’t have any disagreement at all. Why they don’t try for a consensus over the resolution?
