Daily-wagers' issue rocks House, BJP stages walkout

Accusing the Omar Abdullah-led government of turning a blind eye to the agitating daily-wagers, the BJP on Tuesday staged a walkout from the assembly in Jammu on Tuesday.

- Ravi Krishnan Khajuria

JAMMU:

Soon after question hour, the BJP MLAs created ruckus and sought the government's response to the issue.

Leader of opposition Sunil Sharma said despite the BJP consistently raising the concern in the House, the government did not respond to the issue of daily-wagers, who have been protesting for the regularisation of their services.

Sharma was joined by other BJP members, who accused government of being "insensitive" towards the daily-wagers.

Chaos erupted when NC members and AAP MLA Mehraj Malik started raising slogans to counter the BJP MLAs.

While chief minister Omar Abdullah watched the pandemonium silently, deputy chief minister Surinder Choudhary accused the BJP of playing "double politics" on the issue.

He alleged that BJP has been fuelling the agitation. "The chief minister has formed a panel and the government wants to resolve the issue," he said.