Rather Chairs Ethics Committee meeting

SRINAGAR, AUGUST 25: A meeting of the Committee on Ethics of Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly was held here today under the Chairmanship of MLA, Abdul Rahim Rather to discuss the ethical and moral responsibilities of the legislators.

Threadbare discussions were held on the internal and external factors that have an influences on ethics of a members and that of the house. The role of Ethics Committee in addressing various issues of the legislators and future course of the action for the Committee were also discussed.

Legislators, Abdul Rashid Dar, Raja Manzoor Ahmed and Abdul Majid Larmi attended the meeting and gave their views and suggestions regarding how to improve the ethical conducts of the members.

It was discussed in the meeting that the Committee will tour to Assemblies and Councils outside the state especially Southern States to observe the rules and procedures and conduct of business by the legislatures of these states before the budget session.

It was also decided that to have a meeting with the dignitaries and the Ethics Committee of the Parliament.

Secretary, Legislative Assembly, M R Singh, Deputy Secretary, LA Abdul Qayoom Mir and other senior officers and officials of Assembly Secretariat were present in the meeting.