Malik, representing Doda assembly constituency, was booked under provisions of the Jammu and Kashmir Public Safety Act 1978 (PSA) on Monday on grounds of his activities being prejudicial to the maintenance of public order.
"I am not able to understand what he did to get detained under such a strict law like the PSA? Was there any incident of stone-pelting? On the contrary, there is no action against those who played with our religious sentiments and spoiled the atmosphere at the Hazratbal Shrine. Only innoc
"BJP and the PM should tell us that if the Vice President election can take place on the ballot paper, then why not the election of MPs and MLAs. If Zilla Parishad election can take place on ballot paper, then why not the election of MPs and MLAs," Surjewala, who is set to vote in the ongoin
"I am thankful to the LG administration and Omar Abdullah government for the arrest of Mehraj Malik, Doda MLA. He used to promote drugs and abuse IAS officer Harwinder Singh. He talks disrespectfully. Action was taken against him after every organisation, DGPC, and MLAs condemned the derogat
Further in his post, the CM stated that the use of powers against an elected representative by an unelected government would raise questions of democracy amongst people.
Action against him has been taken after due consideration of all relevant materials, reports and circumstances clearly establishing that the continuance of such activities by a member of the Legislative Assembly posed a grave threat to peace, public order and tranquillity in a district.
Reacting to the row over vandalism of the Ashoka Emblem at the Hazratbal shrine in Jammu and Kashmir, National Conference MLA Tanvir Sadiq said that they respected the Ashok Chakra, but it has been misused by Jammu and Kashmir Waqf Board Chairperson Darakshan Andrabi.
With the Bihar Assembly state elections around the corner, ex-deputy minister of the state and ex-RJD MLA Tejashwi Yadav claimed that the NDA government has made Bihar a hub of unemployment, migration and poverty on Monday.
Himachal CM Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu visited disaster-hit Sujanpur in Hamirpur, announcing Rs 7 lakh for house construction and Rs 70,000 for essentials. With local MLA support, each family will get Rs 8.7 lakh. He said safe forest land transfer will be raised with Centre.
Bharadwaj said it was the responsibility of leaders to stand with people in distress, adding that the BJP should appreciate Arvind Kejriwal and party MLAs for extending relief to flood-affected people in Punjab.
BJP leader Pradeep Bhandari on Sunday hit out at TMC MLA Abdur Rahim Bakshi over his reported remarks about BJP MLA Shankar Ghosh, and said that BJP workers will not bow down, be afraid, or stop in the face of such threats.
BJP MLA Mahesh Tenginkai on Saturday criticised the Congress party over its response to the recent GST reforms, calling it a "drama company" and crediting the Modi government for implementing key economic measures.