Jammu: Miffed over the responses given by the Health minister over the setting up of delimitation commission, Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party (JKNPP) and BJP today staged a walkout from the assembly.

The walkout followed when Sharma apprised the House that 25 per cent increase in the assembly segments would be done in Kashmir and Jammu regions of the state retrospectively.

The demand raised by the members of JKNPP, BJP and JSM was turned down by the minister, which led to the walkout.

Ajay Sadhotra of National Conference also staged a walkout during the Question hour as he was dissatisfied with the reply of the minister of State for Agriculture Gharu Ram in connection with distribution of fertilizers and seeds.

Ali Mohammad Sagar and Syed Akhoon of National Conference also staged a walkout after a verbal dual with minister for Housing and Urban Development Tariq Hameed Qarra over the removal of structures and houses set up by the people through encroachments on the Dal lake.

The NC legislators termed the minister's statement as an eyewash, and said that nothing was being done seriously to restore the pristine glory of Dal lake.

Qarra informed the House that 248 structures have been removed from the Dal Lake and the families living there have been rehabilitated in the colonies set up by the government in this direction.

Source : PTI