Srinagar, Sept. 29 -- Chaotic scenes and relentless opposition protests paralysed the Jammu and Kashmir assembly as BJP legislators submitted a formal motion seeking the removal of speaker Abdul Rahim Rather. As soon as the session began, BJP legislator RS Pathania urged the speaker to leave the chair as a motion for his removal had been filed. "In this assembly, the special status resolution was tabled owing to your relaxation of rules and procedure. As per Rule 215(2), 23 members are needed for the motion for your removal. This motion is under consideration and, morally, until you come clean, you can't sit on the chair," Pathania said. The political flashpoint stems from a resolution moved by the ruling National Conference (NC)-led government seeking the restoration of full statehood and constitutional guarantees while referencing earlier assembly declarations on autonomy and special status. As discussion on the statehood resolution commenced, treasury benches focused on Article 370. However, many NC and other opposition members filed amendments to the chief minister's September 25 resolution, specifically seeking the explicit addition of the "restoration of autonomy and Article 370". In response to the BJP's motion seeking his removal, speaker Abdul Rahim Rather cited parliamentary procedure, stating that the removal motion would be placed on the House's list of business and taken up for a vote after the mandatory 14-day notice period from the date of receipt. The Chair's ruling failed to quell the uproar. Question Hour was completely disrupted amid the unrelenting pandemonium. Protesting BJP members occupied the well and attempted to conduct a parallel floor debate, ignoring repeated calls from the Chair to return to their seats. The treasury benches and Congress members also rose and opposed the BJP members. The opposition based their stance on legal precedents, maintaining that the August 2019 abrogation of Article 370 and the reorganisation of Jammu and Kashmir were carried out through measures passed by Parliament and subsequently upheld by the Supreme Court. Based on these rulings, BJP leaders argued that the Union Territory assembly lacks the authority to revisit parliamentary statutes and accused the speaker of procedural bias for allowing the statehood motion without prior notice. BJP members continuously stormed the well of the House, raising slogans such as "Pakistani agenda nahi chalega" (Pakistan's agenda will not work). Protesting opposition legislators charged that the assembly was exceeding its constitutional jurisdiction by deliberating on resolutions concerning special status and greater autonomy. In response to the BJP's protests, Congress leader Nizamuddin accused the opposition of indulging in jingoism and undermining the Constitution. Earlier, during the pandemonium, the speaker allowed Leader of Opposition Sunil Sharma to speak. "We want to bring statehood, but the language used in this resolution is unacceptable. This is unconstitutional to talk about the so-called autonomy or pre-1953 scenario that has already been rejected by Parliament," Sharma said. Four MLAs were marshalled out of the assembly. Amid the din, a sloganeering match was seen between the opposition and the treasury benches when BJP MLAs Vikram Randhawa and Arvind Gupta, along with Congress MLAs Irfan Lone and Iftikhar Ahmad, were marshalled out of the assembly....