India, April 7 -- Jammu and Kashmir Speaker Abdul Rahim Rather was forced to adjourn the assembly proceedings twice on Monday following ruckus over his refusal to cut short Question Hour to discuss the Waqf (Amendment) Act.

The House was initially adjourned for 15 minutes but when the pandemonium continued, Rather announced the second adjournment for 20 minutes.

This is the first time the House has been adjourned during the ongoing budget session that began on March 3.

As the House assembled for the day after a break of nearly a fortnight, National Conference members, led by Nazir Gurezi and Tanvir Sadiq, moved a motion for the adjournment of the Question Hour to discuss the Waqf law, for which nine members, belonging to the NC, Congre...