J&K speaker dares MLA to disclose official's name

Offended by the 'X' (formerly Twitter) post of PDP MLA from Pulwama, Waheed-Ur-Rehman Parra, over allegations of his cut motions being deliberately left out from the business, speaker of the Jammu and Kashmir legislative assembly Abdul Rahim Rather, on Wednesday, dared Parra to disclose the name of the official who had told him that his cut motions were deliberately ignored on the instructions of the government.

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Soon after question hour, Rather referred to Parra's tweet and called it uncalled for.

"You are an educated and young MLA. Refer to rule number 227 where it has been clearly mentioned that the cut motions should come in at least three days before the demands on grants are discussed," said the speaker.

At this stage AAP MLA from Doda, Mehraj Malik, Langate MLA Khurshied Ahmed Sheikh and a few BJP members created an uproar. However, Rather continued and expressed his regrets that the PDP MLA sent a cut motion at 11.37 pm in the night on the official email ID of the assembly secretariat.