Srinagar, Oct. 24 -- Heated exchanges were witnessed during obituary references on the opening day of the J&K assembly's autumn session on Thursday as MLAs from the ruling party (National Conference) and the opposition BJP traded barbs over the role of ex-governor late Satya Pal Malik in the abrogation of Article 370 in 2019. The slugfest continued when it came to former BJP MLC Ramesh Arora.

Malik was the last governor of the erstwhile state of J&K. He passed away in August this year. As National Conference (NC) MLA Bashir Veeri termed Malik's role controversial in an apparent reference to the revocation of Article 370 in 2019, BJP member Sham Lal Sharma demanded the remarks be expunged.

"While his (Malik's) personal career was bright,...