(MENAFN - Kashmir Observer) Parliament building - PTI File Photo Srinagar: With Ghulam Nabi Azad and Nazir Ahmad Laway completing their terms as Rajya Sabha members on Monday, Jammu & Kashmir Union Territory doesn t now have any representatives in the Upper House of Parliament.
While Fayaz Ahmad Mir(PDP)and Shamsher Singh Manhas(BJP) ceased to be members of the House on February 10, Azad and Laway completed their six-year terms as RS members today.
With this, Jammu & Kashmir has lost representation in the Rajya Sabha and there are no immediate chances of the Union Territory again sending its members to the House as the Assembly elections are still far away. Similar situation had also arisen twice since 1952.
Updated Feb 10, 2021 | 16:13 IST
During his farewell speech yesterday for retiring Congress Rajya Sabha MP Ghulam Nabi Azad, PM Modi had got emotional and found it difficult to speak. Ghulam Nabi Azad | Photo Credit: ANI
New Delhi: A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi got emotional in the Rajya Sabha while delivering a farewell speech for retiring MP Ghulam Nabi Azad and others, the Congress leader on Wednesday expressed gratitude for warm words.
Without mentioning PM Modi, Azad today said those who had understood him deeply over the years had become emotional yesterday. He also expressed thanks to those who had sent in warm wishes over calls, messages and via social media.