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PDP stages protest against BJP over July 13 holiday remark issue

Srinagar, March 6: Former Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti's daughter and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leader, Iltija Mufti, on Thursday led a protest march in Jammu and Kashmir's Srinagar city against the remarks made by a BJP leader in the Assembly regarding the holiday on July 13.

Restore July 13 holiday, demands PDP in J&K Assembly; BJP says 'traitors'

Jammu, March 5: An uproar erupted in the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly on Wednesday when opposition PDP MLA Waheed-ur-Rehman Para sought the restoration of the July 31 holiday, which was observed in the erstwhile state as 'Martyrs Day' and Leader of Opposition and BJP MLA Sunil Kumar Sharma remarked that those killed were 'traitors'.