J&K Assembly: BJP legislators stage sit-in, demand apology by CM

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BJP MLAs signifier    a walkout from the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly during the Budget session, successful  Jammu, Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2026.

BJP MLAs signifier a walkout from the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly during the Budget session, successful Jammu, Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2026. | Photo Credit: PTI

BJP legislators connected Wednesday (February 11, 2026) trooped into the good of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly and staged a sit-in to property for Chief Minister Omar Abdullah's apology implicit his "unparliamentary remarks" against them.

This happened soon aft the BJP members, barring Leader of Opposition Sunil Sharma, returned to the House astatine the extremity of the Question Hour aft staging a walkout connected the contented earlier.

BJP members gathered successful the archetypal enactment and continued chanting slogans against the authorities and seeking an apology from the Chief Minister.

However, the Speaker said they cannot rise the contented again aft walking retired from the House connected the issue.

The BJP claimed that the Chief Minister near the House connected seeing them entering the Assembly.

The Speaker asked the House not to grounds the BJP protestation and continued the proceedings. Later, they gathered successful the good and staged a sit-in.

Earlier, the Assembly witnessed noisy scenes for implicit 30 minutes during the Question Hour.

As the House assembled for the day, BJP legislator Sham Lal Sharma stood up and demanded that the Leader of the House should apologise for his remarks oregon a connection beryllium made by the talker successful lack of the Chief Minister.

"Such an incidental has nary precedent. The connection utilized by the main minister, the Leader of the House, is not a connection that tin beryllium utilized successful immoderate Parliament...I privation to inquire the Leader of the House whether helium withdraws the words helium utilized yesterday successful this House astir the BJP legislative party," Mr. Sharma said.

"If helium does not retreat them, past we permission it to his conscience — what his interior dependable tells him — whether the words utilized successful this House were due oregon not. If the main curate is not contiguous here, past I permission it to the Chair and to marque a response. It is your work to accidental thing astir this matter," helium said.

Speaker Abdul Rahim Rather tried to transportation the BJP members to let the Question Hour to proceed and rake up the contented erstwhile the Leader of the House is connected the floor.

"Whatever happened yesterday (Tuesday) was unfortunate. Let the main curate come, and if helium wishes, helium tin marque a statement. I can't marque a connection connected his behalf," the Speaker said.

Health Minister Sakeena Itoo accused BJP members of utilizing unparliamentary words arsenic well, peculiarly against Deputy Chief Minister Surinder Choudhary and speaking lies successful the house.

Mr. Choudhary suggested that the seat analyse each the unparliamentary words utilized from some sides and expunge these from the records to proceed the proceedings without immoderate disruption.

Leader of Opposition Sunil Sharma opposed the proposition and refused to budge and aboriginal led the walkout, chanting slogans similar "derogatory sarkar hai hai and unparliamentary sarkar hai hai" too 'Bharat Mata ki Jai'.

Pandemonium broke retired successful the House during Mr. Abdullah's code connected Tuesday (February 10) erstwhile BJP members objected to immoderate of his remarks against them and demanded an apology.

Mr. Abdullah was winding up the treatment connected the Union Territory's Budget presented connected February 6 erstwhile BJP members termed definite remarks made by him "unparliamentary."

While the Chief Minister has ruled retired apologising to BJP members for the remarks, saying helium was consenting to retreat his words but was not allowed to talk amid repeated disruptions, Mr. Sharma said the enactment would not let the House to relation until the CM tendered an unconditional apology connected the level of the House.

Published - February 11, 2026 12:17 p.m. IST

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