Srinagar, Sept. 21 -- BJP legislators staged a protest inside the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly on Monday as the autumn session began, raising issues including the hike in power tariffs, demands of National Health Mission (NHM) employees and regularisation of daily wagers.

The BJP MLAs entered and staged a sit-in protest in front of Speaker Abdul Rahim Rather, raising slogans over the issues. Reports from the opening day of the session said the legislators were seeking action on the demands of NHM employees and opposing the electricity tariff hike.

The NHM employees have been raising demands related to a job policy, job security, retirement benefits, social security and coverage under the Employees' Provident Fund (EPF), among ...