Srinagar, Oct 9: Independent MLA Sheikh Abdul Rashid was Thursday thrashed by some BJP legislators in the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly for throwing a beef party here, triggering an uproar from the Opposition which staged a walkout.
The manhandling of MLA Rashid, who had thrown a beef party at the MLA hostel here Wednesday, came on a day the Assembly is scheduled to take up a bill on the ban on the meat.
As BJP MLAs assaulted him, several NC and Congress MLAs rushed to save him.
The assault on the floor of the House triggered an angry reaction from the Opposition with National Conference leader Omar Abdullah saying it was impossible to digest the incident.
“What happened today is impossible to digest. An honourable member being assaulted in the House. It seems that they wanted to murder him (Rashid). If he had done anything that was objectionable that should have been put on record,” the former Chief Minister said.
Rashid, the legislator from Langate, said the step was “just to give them (legislators) a clear message that it hardly makes any difference whether you accept or reject the bill… religious matters cannot be kept subservient to courts and assembly,” the MLA had said. “Nobody on earth, no assembly, no court and no institution can stop us from having what we want to have,” he added. PTI
J&K MLA assaulted in House over beef party
