The Home Ministry’s claim came recently in the form of an affidavit before the J&K and Ladakh High Court that is hearing a petition of the UT’s Congress chief spokesman Ravinder Sharma challenging the power of nomination by the LG.
The Supreme Court had on Monday declined to entertain the plea against the Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor’s expected nomination of five members to the Assembly and asked the petitioner to approach the High Court.
Under the current establishment, the family pension is first granted to the spouse after the death of a government servant.
Mallikarjun Kharge said, "Parliament has a history of similar protests, many initiated by the ruling dispensation when it was in opposition."
