SRINAGAR: The Second day of the Jammu and Kashmir Union Territory Assembly saw fresh tensions when BJP MLA R.S. Pathania raised a point of order questioning the legitimacy of the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) resolution on the restoration of Article 370.
Pathania, according to Srinagar-based news gathering agency Kashmir Dot Com, addressing the Speaker, claimed that the resolution, brought by PDP members Waheed Ur Rehman Para, Fayaz Mir, and Mohd Rafiq, had not yet been formally submitted to the Assembly, yet it had already been quoted verbatim in the media.
“Is it not contempt of this house,” Pathania asked, stating the issue of media reports carrying the full text of the resolution before it had officially been presented for discussion in the assembly.
On Monday, the resolution, which calls for the restoration of Jammu and Kashmir’s special status under Article 370, had already stirred controversy when PDP members submitted it to the Speaker for consideration. BJP members immediately staged protests, demanding that the resolution be disallowed and the remarks be expunged. (KDC)
