Jammu, April 7 -- Speaker of Jammu and Kashmir Assembly Abdul Rahim Rather on Monday adjourned the House twice as the National Conference MLAs created uproar demanding discussion on the Waqf (amendment) Bill- 2025.

The Speaker, however, said the matter is sub- judice.

The NC legislators stood up demanding discussion on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill-2025 passed by the Parliament as soon as the House proceedings started on Monday morning after 12 days. Shouting anti-BJP slogans, the ruling party MLAs said, "If the GST law brought by the Centre was discussed in J&K assembly, why Waqf Bill in the Muslim-majority "state" of Jammu and Kashmir cannot be discussed."

Citing sub-rule (7) of Rule 58 of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in ...