Jammu, Sep 13: The upcoming session of Legislative Assembly commencing on September 26 in Srinagar is expected to be stormy with the Jammu-based parties all set to have a go at the government on a host of issues.
 The introduction of a resolution moved by independent MLA Abdul Rasheed seeking clemency for 2001 Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru, senior BJP MLA’s 1994 Parliamentary resolution on Jammu and Kashmir for retrieving the areas of Kashmir administered by Pakistan and setting up of the Lokpal institution in Jammu and Kashmir are all set to generate lot of heat in the Legislative Assembly.
 Analysts believe that  it would be litmus test for ruling coalition partners—the Congress and the National Conference on the floor of the house in the wake of some “tough resolutions” moved by the legislators.
 The State Assembly Secretariat has received 39 resolutions out of which the Speaker has admitted 35, including that of Er Rasheed’s much-hyped resolution seeking clemency for Parliament attack convict, Afzal Guru.  Nearly 22 MLAs had moved their resolutions and therefore, only 22 resolutions would go for balloting under the rules and only seven would be taken up in the ensuing session.
 Jammu-based Opposition parties have already made it clear that they would strongly oppose the MLA Langate’s resolution.
 The resolution is aimed at saving a person who hatched a conspiracy to attack the highest temple of democracy in the country. We will oppose any such with full force,” BJP MLA Ashok Khajuria said.
 Leader of Panthers Legislature Party Harsh Dev Singh said, “Unnecessary hype has been given to an illegal and technically deficient resolution moved by a Valley based legislator. It has created a lot of uncertainty and confusion. It was inadmissible under prevalent laws and norms and can’t be taken up for discussion in the Assembly.”
 He said that the resolution was not admissible and has no value except for its “sensational content” and “melodramatic value”.
 If a resolution and motion does not fulfill the requisite conditions as laid down in the rules of Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly, it becomes inadmissible and can neither be taken up for discussion nor is the voting allowed on such matters,” Singh said.
 Political pundits said that the resolution will be litmus test for the Congress party, which so far has maintained “silence” over the issue.
 The BJP MLA Ashok Khajuria has also moved the 1994 Parliamentary Resolution on Jammu and Kashmir in the Legislative Assembly. “The resolution on Jammu and Kashmir was moved in both Houses of Parliament on February 22, 1994 and was adopted unanimously but it has neither been rescinded nor amended so far,” he said in the resolution.
 The House noted with deep concern Pakistan’s role in imparting training to the militants in camps located in Pakistan and other Kashmir, the supply of weapons and funds, assistance in infiltration of trained militants including foreign mercenaries into Jammu and Kashmir with the avowed purpose of creating disorder, disharmony and subversion,” the BJP legislator said.
 The resolution also condemned the continued support and encouragement Pakistan is extending to “subversive and militant” activities in Jammu and Kashmir.
 In the backdrop of growing debate on corruption in the society, the Panthers Party legislator Harsh Dev Singh has presented a resolution in the state Assembly for the establishment of the institution of Lokpal/Lokayukta in the state, on the analogy of a resolution passed unanimously in Parliament.
 The Government must welcome people’s call for accountability in public life and seize the opportunity to establish the institution of Lokayukta in the state and push the structural reforms, which could prove as potent anti-corruption instruments,” he said in the resolution.
 He said the state government needed to wake up to the report of Transparency International, which had dubbed Jammu and Kashmir as the most corrupt state. “It is the high time that the government took effective measures for the creation of credible institutions to institutionalise governance, put an end to discretionary powers of ministers and bureaucrats and adopt concrete measures for making governance transparent, accountable and responsive,” he said, adding that the Lokpal debate triggers rage that the people felt for a political system, which displayed contempt for their priorities.

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