Cong, PDP MLAs indulge in war of words

Jammu Tawi, January 11: Noisy scenes were witnessed in the State Assembly today as a Congress member slapped a privilege motion against a PDP MLA, with the latter claiming that has been threatened of murder by the former.

PDP and Congress MLAs also got into verbal duals by resorting to personal attacks on each other.

PDP's Noor Mohammad brought to the notice of the Speaker and said that he Congress MLA Usman Majid threatened to kill and termed him a militant-turned-Ikhwani-turned-politician in the Assembly when the member was not present in the House.

He also demanded security from the Speaker.

As Majid came in the House, he entered into an argument Mohammad and said that the PDP member has resorted to such allegations against him beacuse he had yesterday filed a privilege motion against him member over his controversial remarks.

While several members from PDP stood with Noor Mohammad, Congress members sided with Majid, triggering verbal duals and uproar in the House which continued for over 10-15 minutes disrupting the proceedings.