The Speaker nominates 9 MLAs to draft rules for the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly

Jammu and Kashmir Assembly Speaker Abdul Rahim Rather nominated nine MLAs to finalize the draft rules of procedure and conduct in the Legislative Assembly. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu

Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly Speaker Abdul Rahim Rather on Tuesday (December 24, 2024) nominated nine legislators to finalize the draft Rules of Procedure and Operating Rules in the five-year-old union territory’s Legislative Assembly. The former state of Jammu and Kashmir in 2019.

The Chairman will be the ex-officio Chairman of the Rather Committee, which was constituted under Rule 363 of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct in the Legislative Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir.

The committee has three National Conference (NC) MLAs, two from the BJP, one each from the CPI(M) and the Congress and one independent MLA. It will present the procedure and operating rules before the budget session in January.