PDP’s Waheed Para given 7 days to explain ‘derogatory’ remarks on National Conference MLA, he says ‘won’t get scared’

The incident occurred in the J&K Assembly on November 8, when Para spoke on the floor of the house and countered the NC MLA for “his language used against PDP founder Mufti Mohammad Sayeed and the Jamaat-e-Islami”.

The matter was placed before the Speaker, who has now sought comments from Para within the next seven days.

Speaking to The Indian Express, Para said, “I have just seen this breach of privilege notice. This government was handed a significant mandate by the people. We are in the opposition and we want to raise peoples’ issues in the assembly. We have not done anything wrong.”

Para, who is also the PDP legislative party leader in the assembly, said that when they raised their voice against the government’s resolution, “the speaker said that he didn’t hear it. We also brought notices for an amendment to the resolution twice, which was not acknowledged”.

Stating that there are only about five MLAs in the assembly who are in the opposition and making attempts to bring up the issues of the people, Para said, “If they still choose to bring breach of privilege against me, then that’s okay. We are not going to be scared of these tactics.”

He said that the people of J&K should be aware that this motion “has been moved against me for trying to stop a legislator for making remarks against the Jamaat and Mufti sahab”.