Srinagar, Sept. 9 -- Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly Speaker Abdul Rahim Rather on Tuesday rejected allegations by MLA Waheed Parra that the Assembly endorsed the Public Safety Act (PSA) detention of MLA Doda, Mehraj Malik, calling the claims "completely wrong" and "misleading."

Speaking to Kashmir News Service (KNS), the Speaker said Parra was unaware of the rules and had "spoken wrongly and lied." He added that such misleading statements would not be tolerated and that those spreading false information should be punished as per the law.

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