Reacting to PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti charge that speaker rejected the party MLA Waheed Para’s resolution in Assembly on restoration of gazetted holiday on July 13, Speaker Assembly Abdul Rahim Rather denied the statement saying the “statement is misleading and not based on facts”.
Rather said resolution submitted by Parra was admitted during the Budget Session 2025-26 held in March at Jammu.
Speaker said that Assembly Secretariat received total 111 Resolutions from 34 MLAs and out of which 87 resolutions were admitted for balloting and rest were disallowed as per rules.
“Parra also submitted four resolutions and out of which two resolutions were admitted which includes the Resolution “Declaring 13th July as official holiday to remember the sacrifices of the protestors against autocratic monarch forces”. Parra was accordingly informed through Assembly Secretariat Bulletin No.LA1353/Legn/2025 dated 14/03/2025,” he said.
“As per prescribed Rules relative precedence of the Private Members’ Resolutions was determined by separate Balloting in terms of Rule-28 of Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in J&K Legislative Assembly in presence of 7 members on March 25, 2025 and 14 resolutions secured place in balloting which were listed in the House on 7th & 9th of April, 2025. The Resolution submitted by Parra though admitted, did not secure place during Balloting process. So process was completed as per the Rules of procedure,” Rather said.
He said the post of Speaker is the epitome of impartiality and in no case it can be construed that the Resolution has been rejected out rightly by the Speaker, which is not factually correct.