SRINAGAR, Feb. 26 -- Jammu and Kashmir Assembly Speaker Abdul Rahim Rather has asserted that legislators cannot publicise bills, resolutions, or questions before they are officially admitted by the Speaker, dismissing opposition claims that such restrictions are unfair.

Ahead of the Budget Session, set to begin on March 3 and continue until April 11, Rather clarified that adhering to parliamentary procedure is not a matter of personal discretion but an institutional norm.

Addressing criticism from PDP leader Mehbooba Mufti, who argued that legislators should have the freedom to discuss bills with the media before official admission, Rather stated: "I don't want to be a marshal, nor do I wish to impose rules arbitrarily. I am simply foll...