Srinagar, Sept. 30 -- Chief minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday withdrew two bills proposing an increase in salaries and allowances of ministers and members of the J&K legislature after objections from the BJP. Responding to the objections, the chief minister said the House committee that had recommended the proposed hike had not recorded any dissenting note. He also said that BJP members were privately seeking an increase in salaries and allowances, while attempting to politicise the issue by citing problems faced by daily wagers. "I was never in favour of it. Ask my MLAs," he said. An MLA in the J&K assembly draws a gross salary of around Rs.1,50,000, while the proposed hike would have increased it by around Rs.30,000. The House subsequently approved the withdrawal of the bills by majority vote. The assembly passed five bills covering municipal governance, ease of doing business and ease of living, taxation, legislative members' pension, and rationalisation and decriminalisation of offences. The bills were introduced on September 24 and September 28....