India, Feb. 13 -- Speaker of the Jammu & Kashmir Legislative Assembly, Abdul Rahim Rather, announced on Thursday that the House will hold a half hour discussion on online smear campaigns against legislators during the ongoing budget session.

During Question Hour, BJP MLA R.S. Pathania said the issue of fake news concerns the entire world as well as Jammu & Kashmir. "This issue also concerns the sensitive land of Jammu & Kashmir," he said.

Pathania added that he had approached different departments and authorities after a national party shared a doctored video of him, but no action was taken against it. "My colleague Pawan Gupta has lodged complaints against an unverified channel, but no action has been taken against it," he said, demand...