Draft assembly rules endorsement of Art 370 abrogation: J&K Opposition

The draft proposal for the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in the J&K Assembly has triggered a controversy with the opposition calling it an overt endorsement of the central government's revocation of Jammu and Kashmir's special status.

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The Business Rules Committee of the Legislative Assembly is headed by Speaker Abdul Rahim Rather. Other members of the committee are former Speaker Mubarak Gul (National Conference), Mohammad Yousuf Tarigami (CPI-M), Saifullah Mir (NC), Nizam-ud-Din Bhat (Congress), Pawan Kumar Gupta (BJP), Justice (Retd) Hasnain Masoodi (NC), R.S. Pathania (BJP), and Muzaffar Iqbal Khan (Independent).

Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha has summoned the budget session of the J&K Legislative Assembly on 3 March.

This will be the first budget session of Omar Abdullah's government since the return of an elected administration after seven years of direct central rule.

The need to formulate the rules afresh has arisen as the erstwhile J&K state has been downgraded as a Union Territory following abrogation of Article 370 on 5 August 2019 by the Centre.