Srinagar, Oct. 3 -- Jammu and Kashmir Assembly Speaker Abdul Rahim Rather today said it is for the court to decide whether jailed MLA Mehraj Malik will be able to attend the upcoming Assembly session.
Jammu and Kashmir Aam Aadmi Party leader and MLA from Doda, Mehraj Malik, was detained last month under the stringent Public Safety Act (PSA) for allegedly disturbing public order. This marks the first time a sitting MLA has been booked under the PSA in the union Territory.
The Speaker said Malik will have to seek permission from the court to attend the Assembly session beginning October 23.
"It depends on whether he gets permission or not. For that, he will have to go to the court. If the government gives permission, then he should come. I...