Overview
- The Business Advisory Committee set two sittings per day through February 19 to accelerate budget work.
- Speaker Abdul Rahim Rather assured ample speaking time and said efforts would be made to accommodate as many legislators as possible.
- He declared disruptions unacceptable and framed productive outcomes as the House’s collective responsibility.
- Proceedings opened with the Lieutenant Governor’s address, followed by obituary tributes and a two-minute silence before adjournment for the day.
- Rather named Mubarak Gul, Surjeet Singh Slathia and Nizamuddin Bhat to the panel of chairmen, and adopted Parliament’s practice of the Speaker alone delivering obituary references.