Former Army chief V K Singh failed to appear before the Jammu and Kashmir legislative council for a second time in connection with the privilege motion against him, even as the assembly rejected his plea for quashing it. A major face-off took place between ruling National Conference (NC) and Congress members over the issue of the legality of the privileges committee of the council.
The ruling NC staged a walkout from the proceedings of the committee in protest and demanded issuance of non-bailable warrant against Gen Singh for non-appearance.
“During the proceedings of the committee, Ravinder Sharma (Congress) termed constitution of the committee as illegal because he said it is supposed to have five members and not six,” said Devender Singh Rana, member of the privileges committee. “The committee was in operation for last over one year. Why has Ravinder Sharma (Congress) suddenly found it illegal? We will discuss the matter in the Party (NC) and chalk out further course of action.”
Meanwhile, the Assembly has rejected Gen Singh’s plea for quashing the breach of privilege motion against him and referred it to the privileges committee for further examination.
The ruling NC staged a walkout from the proceedings of the committee in protest and demanded issuance of non-bailable warrant against Gen Singh for non-appearance.
“During the proceedings of the committee, Ravinder Sharma (Congress) termed constitution of the committee as illegal because he said it is supposed to have five members and not six,” said Devender Singh Rana, member of the privileges committee. “The committee was in operation for last over one year. Why has Ravinder Sharma (Congress) suddenly found it illegal? We will discuss the matter in the Party (NC) and chalk out further course of action.”
Meanwhile, the Assembly has rejected Gen Singh’s plea for quashing the breach of privilege motion against him and referred it to the privileges committee for further examination.
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