Jammu, March 27 The Jammu and Kashmir assembly was adjourned for half an hour after a chaotic situation arose shortly after the budget session resumed on Friday, following a five-week break.
Members from both the ruling and opposition benches stood up, raising slogans and disrupting the Question Hour despite repeated appeals by Speaker Abdul Rahim Rather.
While MLAs from the National Conference, Congress, CPI(M), and Independents, along with the opposition PDP, raised slogans against Israel to condemn the assassination of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, members of the BJP held placards to demand the establishment of a National Law University in Jammu.
The assembly's budget session resumed in Jammu on March 27 after a five-week break, following the conclusion of its first phase, which ran from February 2 to 20.
In the first session, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah presented the budget on February 6, while the House passed grants for various departments after detailed discussions conducted in twin sittings each day.
The current session will conclude on April 4.
According to the notified House business schedule, March 30 and April 1 have been allocated for private members' bills, while March 31 and April 2 are reserved for private members' resolutions.