JAMMU, March 6 -- Pandemonium rocked the Legislative Assembly after Leader of the Opposition (LOP) and senior BJP leader Sunil Sharma passed derogatory remarks against the July 13, 1931 martyrs.

During the discussion on the Motion of Thanks on the Lieutenant Governor's address, Peoples Democratic Party leader Waheed-ur-Rehman Parra demanded the restoration of the July 13 Martyrs Day holiday.

As Parra concluded his speech, Leader of Opposition Sunil Sharma stood up and objected to his demand. "They were not martyrs but traitors," Sharma said, evoking widespread protests from the Treasury benches as well as from Kashmir-based opposition parties. The leaders demanded that the remarks be expunged from the records of the House.

"These remar...