JAMMU: Independent MLA from Udhampur Pawan Gupta was on Tuesday marshalled out of Legislative Assembly while he created uproar and protested against Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti’s remarks that anybody raising bogey of abrogation of Article 370 will be anti-national.
As soon as the House assembled this morning for the proceedings, Gupta shouted in the House and slammed BJP for remaining silent on Mufti’s remarks yesterday in her speech and said that abrogation of Article 370 was core issue of BJP and how they could remain mum on this.
He said that either the government should apologise for its statement or withdraw it.
However, Gupta was marshalled out on the directions of Speaker Kavinder Gupta for creating pandemonium.
Later, speaking to reporters outside the House, the MLA said that revocation of Article 370 was the main demand since decades of BJP and leaders like Shyama Prasad Mukheerjee and Din Dyal Upadhyay had sacrificed their lives for it. ” Mufti saying that those raising issue of abrogation of Article 370 are anti-nationals that means BJP is anti-national but very unfortunate none of the MLAs from the Saffron Party bothered to oppose the statement,” said the MLA.
Gupta was Minister of State Finance in Mufti Mohammad Sayeed led PDP-BJP Government.
