{"id":12107,"date":"2026-02-12T20:48:06","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T20:48:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/?p=12107"},"modified":"2026-02-12T20:48:06","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T20:48:06","slug":"jk-assembly-to-discuss-online-smear-campaigns-against-mlas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/2026\/02\/12\/jk-assembly-to-discuss-online-smear-campaigns-against-mlas\/","title":{"rendered":"J&K Assembly to discuss online smear campaigns against MLAs"},"content":{"rendered":"

Legislators demand stern action against fake news, misinformation<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jammu, Feb 12: Speaker of the Jammu & Kashmir Legislative Assembly, Abdul Rahim Rather, announced on Thursday that the House will hold a half\u2011hour discussion on online smear campaigns against legislators during the ongoing budget session.<\/p>\n

During Question Hour, according to news agency\u2014Kashmir News Observer (KNO), BJP MLA R.S. Pathania said the issue of fake news concerns the entire world as well as Jammu & Kashmir. \u201cThis issue also concerns the sensitive land of Jammu & Kashmir,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Pathania added that he had approached different departments and authorities after a national party shared a doctored video of him, but no action was taken against it. \u201cMy colleague Pawan Gupta has lodged complaints against an unverified channel, but no action has been taken against it,\u201d he said, demanding stern action against fake news and misinformation.<\/p>\n

The Speaker also expressed concern over the issue, stating that such complaints are frequently received. \u201cHe (Pathania) rightly said the enforcement division should be activated. This is a question of someone\u2019s honour. The Hon\u2019ble members have expressed concern over it last year as well as this year. These acts should be tackled sternly. Anyone can say whatever they want,\u201d the Speaker remarked.<\/p>\n

The Minister for Social Welfare Sakina Ittoo said that a meeting would be held with the Information Department over the issue. \u201cThe concern of the member is the concern of the entire House. We cannot explain how they have wreaked havoc. Every day someone is maligned,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

MLA from Gurez, Nazir Gurezi, said that a defamatory video was circulated against him, accusing him of taking money in lieu for jobs. He requested the Chair to hold an hour\u2011long discussion on the issue.<\/p>\n

Intervening further in the matter, Sakina Itoo added that politicians themselves were responsible for circulating defamatory content against each other. \u201cIf anyone is responsible for it, it is we politicians. We are maligning each other. These videos first appear on the social media accounts of politicians,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Responding to these concerns, the Speaker announced that the House would discuss the matter. \u201cThis issue is extremely important. Demands for discussion are coming from both sides. We will hold a discussion. Please give notice in writing. We will hold a half\u2011hour or one\u2011hour discussion on this matter during this session,\u201d he said. (KNO)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Legislators demand stern action against fake news, misinformation Jammu, Feb 12: Speaker of the Jammu & Kashmir Legislative Assembly, Abdul Rahim Rather, announced on Thursday that the House will hold a half\u2011hour discussion on online smear campaigns against legislators during the ongoing budget session. During Question Hour, according to news agency\u2014Kashmir News Observer (KNO), BJP […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12108,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12107","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top-news","category-kt-front"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12107"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12107\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12109,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12107\/revisions\/12109"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12108"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}