J-K LA adjourned for 15 mins over LoP's remarks on Pir Panchal 

Jammu, Feb 4: J&K Legislative Assembly on Wednesday was adjourned for 15 minutes after witnessing commotion on remarks of the Leader of Opposition (LoP) Sunil Sharma on "Pir Panchal" made a day earlier outside the J&K Legislature.

The issue was raised by Congress MLA from Rajouri Iftkhar Ahmed when the debate on the motion of thanks on the Lieutenant Governor's address in the Legislative Assembly had just started.

He sought apology from the LoP for saying that there's "no Pir Panchal region."

Upon this, BJP MLAs rose saying, "Yes, there is no Pir Panchal region. Jammu is one region."
NC MLA Aijaz Jan, too, joined the cause, opposing BJP MLAs, saying, "This is an insult to the people from Pir Panchal. He should apologise."

Soon BJP MLAs on one side while NC and Congress MLAs on the other side were up on their feet raising slogans.

Deputy Chief Minister Surinder Choudhary and all other NC MLAs too joined the cause. Deputy Chief Minister too sought apology from the LoP. "LoP Sahib should apologise. Pir Panchal region people have made sacrifices," he said.

Minister for Transport Satish Sharma too endorsed Choudhary's remarks and sought LoP's apology.

As few NC and BJP MLAs almost clashed near the well amid uproar, the Speaker Abdul Rahim Rather adjourned the House for 15 minutes at 11.17 am.

Prior to adjournment, amid uproar, the slogans like "Pir Panchal Zindabad", "Jammu Zindabad", "Jammu Kashmir Zindabad", "Vande Mataram" and "Bharat Mata ki Jai" rent the air in the House from the two sides.