Jammu, April 10 -- After three consecutive days of uproar and disruptions over the Waqf (Amendment) Act, Jammu and Kashmir assembly speaker Abdul Rahim Rather adjourned the House sine die on Wednesday afternoon amid intense sloganeering and protests led by National Conference (NC) members.

The final session began at around 1.15pm with speaker Rather appealing for order in the House. "As we all know, for the past three days the House has been disrupted, with both the treasury and opposition benches trying to express their opinions and resentment - the reason being the Waqf (Amendment) Act," he said.

Rather acknowledged the dissatisfaction among legislators over the rejection of an adjournment motion on the Act. He said, however, that his...