Jammu, April 9 -- The Jammu and Kashmir Assembly was adjourned till 1 PM on Wednesday following disruptions in the assembly after comments made by Aam Aadmi Party MLA Mehraj Malik drew the ire of various Bharatiya Janata Party leaders.

Earlier, Malik had made comments on Hindus, claiming that while Hindus wear a 'tilak,' they sin all the time.

Various BJP leaders, including MLA Vikram Randhawa, who was in the House when the scuffle broke out, have opposed the comments.

"He has abused Hindus... We will not tolerate this... He has said, 'Hindu tilak laga ke paap karta hai, chori karta hai, sharab peeta hai (A Hindu sins while wearing tilak, steals from others, drinks alcohol)... We will give him an answer," Randhawa said.

In turn, the A...