Srinagar: The opening day of the autumn session of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly on Wednesday turned stormy as ruling National Conference (NC) and opposition BJP legislators clashed over references to former governor late Satya Pal Malik during the obituary proceedings.

Tensions flared when NC MLA Bashir Veeri described Malik’s role in the 2019 abrogation of Article 370 as “controversial,” prompting an immediate protest from BJP member Sham Lal Sharma, who demanded that Veeri’s remarks be struck off the record.

Speaker Abdul Rahim Rather urged Veeri to maintain decorum and show respect to the deceased but declined Sharma’s request to expunge the remarks, further intensifying the uproar in the House.

Congress legislative party leader G. A. Mir took a more conciliatory tone,

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