India, April 9 -- Jammu

Amid an intensifying standoff in the Jammu and Kashmir assembly over the Waqf (Amendment) Act and a motion seeking his removal, speaker Abdul Rahim Rather on Tuesday said that the no-confidence resolution submitted against him will be duly examined and presented before the House.

"There is no problem if they have moved a no-confidence motion. If it's passed and they succeed, I will go," Rather told the media, adding that he was not personally hurt by the adamant stance taken by National Conference (NC) legislators. "The House will decide. As per rules, there should be a minimum 14-day gap between the date of submission of the motion and the day it is taken up for discussion," he said.

The resolution, moved by Pe...