{"id":32486,"date":"2026-10-12T23:01:17","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T23:01:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/?p=32486"},"modified":"2026-10-12T23:01:17","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T23:01:17","slug":"did-dy-cms-pro-call-mla-pathania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/2026\/10\/12\/did-dy-cms-pro-call-mla-pathania\/","title":{"rendered":"Did Dy CM\u2019s PRO call MLA Pathania ?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Choudhary insists repeated calls were made; Pathania rejects assertion<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Srinagar, Oct 12:\u00a0<\/strong>Deputy Chief Minister Surinder Choudhary has written to Speaker Abdul Rahim Rather that his Public Relations Officer (PRO) had attempted to contact MLA R.S. Pathania, but the legislator did not respond to repeated calls.<\/p>\n

In his reply to a notice of breach of privilege, the Deputy CM maintained that his office had made efforts to reach out to Pathania, who represents the Udhampur East constituency and had alleged that he was deliberately excluded from an official function during the Deputy CM\u2019s visit.<\/p>\n

\u201cI hold this belief that elected representatives do have rights but with corresponding duties. It has been my endeavour to adhere to parliamentary protocols and participation of elected representatives. My PRO had called the MLA many times, but the MLA did not respond to the calls,\u201d the Deputy CM wrote in his submission.<\/p>\n

Pathania, however, has strongly contested the claim, describing it as \u201can untrue submission\u201d and demanding evidence to substantiate it.<\/p>\n

In his rejoinder, the MLA asked for disclosure of the PRO\u2019s name and designation, his mobile numbers, the number allegedly called, the date and exact time of each call, and the relevant call records.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe alleged telephone calls by the PRO of the Hon\u2019ble Deputy CM is an untrue submission. May I humbly request for disclosing the name and designation of the PRO, his official\/mobile number, the number allegedly called, the date and exact time of each call, and the relevant call records or other supporting evidence. A bald assertion that the MLA \u2018did not respond to calls\u2019 cannot sustain, especially when the entire controversy concerns compliance with an established protocol,\u201d reads the rejoinder.<\/p>\n

Pathania has asked the Speaker to call for the relevant documentary and electronic evidence concerning the alleged telephone calls, official deployment, and conduct of the programme.<\/p>\n

He has also requested the Speaker to refer the matter to the Committee on Privileges for an objective examination of the relevant facts, the alleged violation of the prescribed governmental protocol, and the breach of the privileges and dignity of the elected member\u2014(KNO)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Choudhary insists repeated calls were made; Pathania rejects assertion Srinagar, Oct 12:\u00a0Deputy Chief Minister Surinder Choudhary has written to Speaker Abdul Rahim Rather that his Public Relations Officer (PRO) had attempted to contact MLA R.S. Pathania, but the legislator did not respond to repeated calls. In his reply to a notice of breach of privilege, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":32487,"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":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32486","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32486","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=32486"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32486\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32488,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32486\/revisions\/32488"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32487"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}