Srinagar, Dec 24: Jammu and Kashmir Assembly Speaker Abdul Rahim Rather Tuesday nominated a nine-member committee to finalise the draft Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in the Legislative Assembly.
According to an order, Speaker Abdul Rahim Rather will be the ex-officio chairman of the committee.
The panel has been set up under Rule 363 of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly by the Speaker.
The members include legislators Mubarak Gul (NC), Mohammad Yousuf Tarigami (CPI-M), Saifullah Mir (NC), Nizam-ud-din Bhat (Congress), Pawan Kumar Gupta (BJP) Hasnain Masoodi (NC), Ranbir Singh Pathania (BJP) and Muzaffar Iqbal Khan (an independent supporting the bruling alliance).
Interestingly, the committee has seven members from the ruling alliance and two from BJP. No MLA from the Kashmir-based opposition (Peoples Democratic Party or Peoples Conference) is part of the panel.
The committee shall finalise the draft Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly prior to the commencement of the ensuing Budget session. (With inputs from KNO)
