Srinagar, March 5 -- 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"These remarks were humiliating and divisive and should be withdrawn or expunged from the records," demanded MLA Bandipora Nizamuddin Bhat. Amid continuous slogan shouting between the Tr...