Srinagar, March 6 -- The BJP on Wednesday walked out of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly here after Speaker Abdul Rahim Rather announced expunging of "derogatory remarks" of the leader of opposition about the July 13, 1931 "martyrs" amid pandemonium in the House.
BJP leader and LoP Sunil Sharma made the remarks on the 1931 "martyrs" after PDP legislator Waheed-ur-Rehman Para demanded restoration of the public holiday on July 13 besides the December 5 holiday to mark the birth anniversary of National Conference founder Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah.
Both the holidays were scrapped by the Lieutenant Governor-led administration following abrogation of Article 370 and the bifurcation of the erstwhile state into two Union territories in August 2019....