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Jailed MLA Mehraj can attend Assembly if court permits: Speaker Rather

October 04, 2025 | BK News Service

Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly Speaker Abdul Rahim Rather on Friday said that the attendance of jailed Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Mehraj Malik in the forthcoming Assembly if the court grants him permission.

Talking to reporters, the Speaker said his attendance depends on whether the court will grant him permission.
“It depends on whether he gets permission or not. For that, I think he would need to approach the court. If the government grants permission, he should come-it would be good,” Rather said.
Malik was detained under the Public Safety Act (PSA) last month by the government. He is presently lodged at Kathua jail.
To a question about the show-cause notice served to PDP MLA Waheed-ur-Rehman Para, Speaker said his reply is currently being examined.
“He had issued a misleading statement. Para has claimed that the Assembly secretariat had endorsed the PSA. We don’t have any role in approving PSA. The PSA is slapped by the district magistrate,” he said.
Para was served show cause notice by the Assembly secretariat for his social media post claiming that the Assembly secretariat had endorsed the detention of AAP MLA Mehraj Malik under the Public Safety Act (PSA).
The Speaker said that they are in process of framing a provisional calendar for the upcoming session of the Assembly.
“I think it wouldn’t have more than 5-7 sittings. This is a brief session. It depends on government business. We are getting information about government business within one or two days and will issue a provisional calendar,” he added.

Jailed MLA Mehraj can attend Assembly if court permits: Speaker Rather

October 04, 2025 | BK News Service

Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly Speaker Abdul Rahim Rather on Friday said that the attendance of jailed Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Mehraj Malik in the forthcoming Assembly if the court grants him permission.

Talking to reporters, the Speaker said his attendance depends on whether the court will grant him permission.
“It depends on whether he gets permission or not. For that, I think he would need to approach the court. If the government grants permission, he should come-it would be good,” Rather said.
Malik was detained under the Public Safety Act (PSA) last month by the government. He is presently lodged at Kathua jail.
To a question about the show-cause notice served to PDP MLA Waheed-ur-Rehman Para, Speaker said his reply is currently being examined.
“He had issued a misleading statement. Para has claimed that the Assembly secretariat had endorsed the PSA. We don’t have any role in approving PSA. The PSA is slapped by the district magistrate,” he said.
Para was served show cause notice by the Assembly secretariat for his social media post claiming that the Assembly secretariat had endorsed the detention of AAP MLA Mehraj Malik under the Public Safety Act (PSA).
The Speaker said that they are in process of framing a provisional calendar for the upcoming session of the Assembly.
“I think it wouldn’t have more than 5-7 sittings. This is a brief session. It depends on government business. We are getting information about government business within one or two days and will issue a provisional calendar,” he added.


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