PP NEWS LINE DESK:\u00a0 The Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly Secretariat has issued a show cause notice to Pulwama MLA Waheed-ur-Rehman Para for his social media remarks on the detention of Doda MLA Mehraj Din Malik under the Public Safety Act (PSA).<\/p>\n
The action comes after Doda District Magistrate Harvinder Singh formally informed the Secretariat on September 8 about Malik\u2019s detention, following which a bulletin was issued under Rule 260 of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business to notify members of the House.<\/p>\n
However, Para later posted on social media platform *X* (formerly Twitter):
\n*\u201cShameful surrender. Assembly Secretariat endorsing PSA against an elected MLA is a direct assault on democracy. J\\&K CM @OmarAbdullah must act, don\u2019t allow the institution of MLA, the last agency of the people, to be silenced. Today it\u2019s Mehraj, tomorrow it could be you.\u201d*<\/p>\n
The Secretariat clarified that the bulletin was a procedural requirement and did not amount to \u201cendorsing\u201d Malik\u2019s detention. It emphasized that the Assembly had \u201cno role in the arrest or detention of the Hon\u2019ble Member.\u201d<\/p>\n
The notice issued to Para highlights that impartiality is a fundamental attribute of the Speaker\u2019s office and warned that public statements implying bias could be treated as breach of privilege or contempt of the House.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Hon\u2019ble Speaker has taken serious note of the matter and observed that the privileges and freedom of speech granted to Members should not be misused to undermine the sanctity of the Institution,\u201d the notice states.<\/p>\n
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PP NEWS LINE DESK:\u00a0 The Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly Secretariat has issued a show cause notice to Pulwama MLA Waheed-ur-Rehman Para for his social media remarks on the detention of Doda MLA Mehraj Din Malik under the Public Safety Act (PSA). The action comes after Doda District Magistrate Harvinder Singh formally informed the Secretariat […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[235],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-jammu-and-kashmir"],"yoast_head":"\n