Abdul Rahim Rather became MLA for the seventh time and is the most senior MLA in the first assembly of the union territory.
The first session of Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly has started today. Ahead of the session, senior National Conference MLA Abdul Rahim Rather has been selected for the post of Speaker.
Earlier on Sunday, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah called a meeting of the legislative party. In which the name of Senior MLA of National Conference Abdul Rahim Rather was decided for the speaker. Rather has become an MLA for the seventh time and is the senior most MLA in the Union Territory's first assembly. Congress, CPI (M), Aam Aadmi Party and independent MLAs attended the meeting.
Omar Abdullah has become the CM of Jammu and Kashmir for the second time. His father Farooq Abdullah and grandfather Sheikh Abdullah have also been the CM of Jammu and Kashmir. This picture is from the MLA meeting held on Sunday evening.
Assembly session in Jammu and Kashmir has started from November 4. First the speaker was chosen.
BJP may get the post of Deputy Speaker Abdullah government may give deputy speaker post to BJP. However, no information regarding this has been given to the BJP by the government so far. A decision regarding this may also be taken in today's meeting. Sunil Sharma was elected as the leader of the MLA party in a meeting of BJP MLAs on Sunday. He will be the Leader of the Opposition in the Assembly. While Sat Sharma has been made the state BJP president.
There is a possibility of uproar in the session regarding terrorist attacks After Omar Abdullah took oath as CM, there have been 6 terror attacks in the state. 6 terrorists including army commander have been killed. 3 jawans were also martyred. Apart from this, 8 migrant laborers have also died. After the formation of a new government in the state, terrorists have carried out several attacks targeting foreigners.
The session is also likely to be uproar over Omar Abdullah's father Farooq Abdullah's statement on terrorists. In fact, Farooq said that security forces should not kill terrorists, but arrest them. BJP targeted Farooq in this regard.
8 attacks after Omar became CM
- 3 November: A grenade blast took place in the market near the tourist reception center in Srinagar on Sunday. In which 12 people were injured. Immediately after the incident, the entire area was cordoned off to nab the attackers.
- 3 Encounters on November 1-2: Within 36 hours, there were 3 encounters between army and terrorists in Srinagar, Bandipora and Anantnag. Army commander killed in Srinagar. Army killed 2 terrorists in Anantnag.
- 28 October: 3 terrorists killed in Akhnoor. Terrorists fired at an army ambulance near LoC. After this they ran towards the forest. No army personnel were injured in the encounter which lasted for 5 hours.
- 24 October: Terrorists attacked an army vehicle in Baramulla. In which three jawans were martyred. Two laborers have also died. The PAFF organization claimed responsibility for the attack.
- 24 October: Militants fired at a migrant laborer in Batgund of south Kashmir's Pulwama district. The laborer was injured in the firing.
- 20 October: A doctor from Kashmir, an engineer from MP and 5 laborers from Punjab-Bihar lost their lives in Ganderbal's Sonmarg. The Resistance Front (TRF), an army outfit, took responsibility for this.
- October 16 : A migrant youth was shot dead by terrorists in Shopian. After the attack, a search operation was conducted to find the terrorists in the area.
Elections will also be held soon on 4 Rajya Sabha seats Elections to 4 Rajya Sabha seats of Jammu and Kashmir are also to be held soon. Discussions for this have already intensified. According to the seats won in the elections, two Rajya Sabha seats can go to the NC-Congress alliance and one to the BJP. NC president Farooq Abdullah may be sent to Rajya Sabha. Due to ill health, he refused to contest the assembly elections.
An election can be held on the remaining one seat. Who will get this seat in the election will be decided by the political equations of the time. Similar was the situation in 2015. The then ruling PDP-BJP got one seat each. The NCA then supported the Congress candidate (now leader of the Democratic Progressive Azad Party) Ghulam Nabi Azad. The fourth seat came to the account of the PDP-BJP alliance after the election.
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