Srinagar, July 12 -- A political row has unfolded between Jammu and Kashmir Assembly Speaker Abdul Rahim Rather and PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti over an Assembly resolution proposing July 13 be declared a public holiday.
The controversy erupted after Mehbooba said that Chief Minister Omar Abdullah government's proposal sent to Lieutenant Governor about declaring July 13 and December 5 as public holidays would have carried weight if the Speaker had supported PDP's resolution for the same in the assembly.
"The Speaker's outright rejection of the resolution was unexpected & disappointing. Today's exercise looks more like a lip service than any serious effort," Mehooba said in a post on X yesterday.
Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly Speaker...