Bharat Express

Legislative Assembly

Abdul Rahim Rather, a senior leader of the NC and a seven-time MLA, was elected as the Speaker of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly on Monday.

The question-answer session was completely disrupted due to the chaos created by BJP members in the Assembly.

"Even after the increase in excise rates, the price of liquor in our state would be lower when compared to the neighbouring states," the Chief Minister said in the budget speech.

The leader of the opposition in the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly and the first Chief Minister of Jharkhand, Babulal Marandi, is the president of the BJP in Jharkhand.