Speaker of Jammu and Kashmir Assembly Mubarak Gul said on Wednesday that he will summon former Army Chief V K Singh to explain his position on his controversial statement about payoffs to politicians in the state.

The Speaker however refused to spell out the time frame for summoning Gen Singh, who had alleged that money was being paid to ministers in Jammu and Kashmir for getting certain jobs done.

The BJP and National Panthers Party members also rushed to the well of the House urging the Speaker not to change his earlier ruling in which he had said that he will write a letter to the former Army Chief seeking an explanation from him on his controversial remarks.

The ruckus began when National Conference member and state Law Minister Mir Saiffullah, supported by PDP members, demanded that Gen Singh be summoned to the house instead of writing a letter to him for seeking an explanation.

This prompted the Opposition PDP members to storm the well of the House after and the Speaker had to adjourn the House twice. The PDP members pressed that the Speaker set a period of one month for summoning the Army Chief.

The MLAs of PDP, BJP and NPP shouted slogans in the well of the House leading to adjournment of the assembly sine die by the speaker.