Srinagar, March 4 -- Independent MLA Sheikh Khursheed Ahmed on Monday held a protest in Jammu and Kashmir Assembly premises demanding justice for the families of two persons killed in Sopore and Kathua recently as well as restoration of Article 370 and statehood.
Amid heavy rains, the legislator from the Langate assembly constituency, who is the brother of MP Sheikh Abdul Rashid, popularly known as Engineer Rashid, sat on the assembly premises' staircases, holding a banner demanding a judicial probe into the deaths of the two civilians.
He also tried to raise the banner in the Central Hall during the Lieutenant Governor's address on the opening day of the Budget session but was prevented by the assembly's watch and ward staff. One banner ...