Srinagar: Uproar continues in the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly over the proposed beef ban in the state with opposition National Conference and Congress raising slogans on the floor of the House. Several opposition MLAs even stormed the well of the House and climbed on tables.
The NC raised the issue in the House saying beef ban will not be tolerated. "We want the beef ban be handled by legislature. In order to save his govt, the Chief Minister has referred the matter to the Supreme Court," said NC leader Omar Abdullah.
This comes on the day the Supreme Court will hear the state government's plea against conflicting orders issued by the High Court on beef ban in the state. The High Court on September 8 had asked state police to strictly enforce the ban on selling beef and a week later, the court issued a notice to the state government to strike down the constitutional provisions criminalising bovine slaughter.
The session has a stormy beginning as opposition parties geared up to corner the seven-month-old PDP-BJP coalition government on many issues, especially the controversial beef ban issue and delay in rehabilitation of flood victims.
The NC, CPI(M) and independent MLA Sheikh Abdul Rashid had submitted separate bills seeking revocation of a 150-year-old law that criminalises cow slaughter in the state.
The issue of beef ban came to fore after a division bench of High Court in Jammu directed the state to strictly implement the ban in the state as per the law.
The ruling evoked strong resentment from various quarters with many separatist and religious organisations terming it as "interference in religious affairs" and sought revocation of the law, besides pressing for implementation of ban on liquor in the state.
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