The opening day of the autumn session of J&K Assembly witnessed heated exchanges during obituary references, as the National Conference and the opposition BJP traded barbs over the role of former Governor late Satya Pal Malik in the abrogation of Article 370 in 2019.
The name of Malik — the 10th and last Governor of the erstwhile State of Jammu and Kashmir who passed away in August this year — triggered a row after National Conference (NC) MLA Bashir Veeri termed his role controversial, with BJP member Sham Lal Sharma demanding the remarks be expunged.
Speaker Abdul Rahim Rather, while asking Mr. Veeri to respect the deceased, did not accept Mr. Sharma's demand to expunge the NC MLA's remarks.
However, at the conclusion of the obituary references, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said Malik must have acted with the belief that he was doing good.
Congress legislative party leader G A Mir, however, called Malik a good leader, who was
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