SRINAGAR, Nov 7: Jammu and Kashmir Assembly Speaker Abdul Rahim Rather on Thursday rejected the BJP demand for either rolling back the special status resolution passed by the House or stepping down, and said if the party does not have faith in him it should bring a no-confidence motion.
He also rebuked the party for its “cheap sloganeering” and said he cannot tolerate members entering into the Well of the House and stomping over the national emblem placed on Assembly Secretary’s chair.
“They (BJP) are asking the Speaker to take back the resolution. The Speaker does not have the powers. Anything passed by the House can only be undone by the House itself. Speakers cannot do it. The Speaker has limited powers in these issues… he has to preside, count and give decisions based on the facts before him,” Rather said.
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