The Jammu and Kashmir assembly witnessed high drama on Monday after two men jumped from the public gallery into the well of the House, raising slogans against "non-implementation" of government schemes for unemployed youngsters.
A third protesters shouted slogans from the public gallery, waving a flag of the Jammu and Kashmir Democratic Front, a new party floated by rebel BJP MLA Jagdish Raj Sapolia.
The unprecedented protest that began around 10.30am ended within 10 minutes after assembly marshals overpowered the protesters - Manish Khajuria, Ambedkar Gupta and Sunny Malhotra.
All three are from Jammu region and in their mid-20s.
"We wanted to raise the issues faced by the youth," said Khajuria.
Sapolia, who was among the seven BJP MLAs expelled from the party last year on charges of cross-voting in the legislative council polls, had given the passes to the trio.
"I had no knowledge of what they were going to do. It was a breach of trust and I condemn the incident."
CM Omar Abdullah said, "It's important to condemn this disruption. The law will take its own course."
{{/usCountry}}CM Omar Abdullah said, "It's important to condemn this disruption. The law will take its own course."
{{/usCountry}}Police have detained the protesters, but not charged them, on the orders of speaker Akbar Lone till Wednesday.