BJP protest and treasury benches' statehood slogans disrupt the first day of the J&K Assembly session
21 September 2026
On 21 September 2026, BJP members entered the Well of the J&K Legislative Assembly on the session's first day.
They raised the electricity tariff hike, demands of National Health Mission (NHM) employees and the regularisation of daily wagers.
The Joint Electricity Regulatory Commission had approved an average 6.83 per cent tariff increase effective 1 September.
The ruling National Conference, Congress and CPI(M) members demanded immediate restoration of statehood; CPI(M) MLA M.Y. Tarigami said two years had passed without the promise being fulfilled.
Speaker Abdul Rahim Rather ruled that the protesting members' slogans would not go on record, and the House was adjourned till Tuesday.
In plain words
JERC Joint Electricity Regulatory Commission — The regulator that sets electricity tariffs for Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh.
NHM National Health Mission — The Centre's flagship programme for public health services in States and Union Territories.
Well of the House — The space in front of the Speaker's chair where protesting members gather.