After show-cause notice, PDP MLA Para says speaker must speak in defence of legislators
SRINAGAR, Sep 12 (PTI): Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leader Waheed Para on Friday said as the custodian of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly, the speaker must speak in defence of the legislators to protect the “institution of MLA”.
The remarks of Para, the MLA from Pulwama, came after Speaker Abdul Rahim Rather on Wednesday issued a show-cause notice to him for his social media post claiming the Assembly Secretariat endorsed the detention of AAP MLA Mehraj Malik under the Public Safety Act (PSA).
“If the speaker’s office doesn’t defend an elected member, it sets a dangerous precedent,” Para told PTI.
