Jammu, March 28 -- Considering demand of the treasury and opposition benches, the Speaker of the Jammu and Kashmir legislative assembly Abdul Rahim Rather on Friday asked the Omar Abdullah-led NC government to come up with a draft bill to address fake news misinformation in the Union Territory. Rather issued the directive following a discussion in the House, initiated by BJP MLA Ranbir Singh Pathania. Pathania stated that with the advent of social media, several unregistered news portals and pages in J&K have been peddling fake news and some among them have launched a disinformation campaign against politicians including members of the House. "There is a mushroom growth of online portals, pages and channels. there seems to be no accountability. There are also no fact-checking unit," Pathania said. Deputy CM Surinder Choudhary candidly admitted that some news portals and pages on social sites have been bluntly peddling false narrative to suit their agenda. The deputy CM expressed regrets over below the belt content and character assassination being done by some news portals at the behest of rival politicians. "Media is the fourth pillar of the democracy and it must ensure its integrity," he said. Rather asked the government to come up with a bill to tackle fake news menace. "Government should take the matter seriously and come up with a comprehensive bill to check fake news and smear campaigns on social sites," he said....