Speaker of Legislative Assembly, Mohammad Akbar Lone, Tuesday announced that all MLAs would be frisked if the security staff inside the House feels it necessary.
Lone made the announcement after Independent MLA from Langate, Engineer Rasheed asked why his personal secretary was not allowed into the House despite having proper permission.
“There will be no compromise on the security of the House,” Lone said. “The security is for the whole House, not only me.”
The statement came a day after the ruckus in the House on Monday after three youth from Jammu jumped into the well of the House and raised slogans demanding implementation of employment policy in the state.
As Engineer Rasheed kept on raising the question, Speaker shouted at him saying, “You may say anything but we will on compromise on the security of the House.”
Lone also accused Rasheed of “staging drama in the House” to invite the media attention. “You don’t come here to seek solution to the people’s problems but to create drama to invite media attention and get your stories and photographs published,” said Speaker.
He also accused Rasheed of violating the constitution of India by talking about right to self-determination for people of Kashmir. “Nobody in the House takes you seriously now. Go and talk about right to self-determination somewhere else.”
Rasheed, in his response, walked out from the House.
In the meantime, National Conference MLA from Gurez, Nazir Gurezi asked the Speaker if he made the remark about the frisking of MLAs in anger.
“It seems that you made the remark in anger,” said Gurezi. But the Speaker said that he made the statement consciously. “I did not make the statement in anger, I reiterate that members of the House could be subjected to frisking if the security personnel have doubt on anyone,” he said.
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