Srinagar, Oct. 24 -- The Jammu and Kashmir assembly slammed the Kupwara district administration for failing to convey the name of former Langate MLA Mohammad Sultan Pandithpori for inclusion in the obituary references. Speaker Abdul Rahim Rather said the district administration didn't inform the assembly secretariat about Pandithpori's death despite intimation from the house asking about the death of any former legislator.

"Pandithpori was an influential politician. He became a member of this house with me in 1977. He died in May 2025 after a prolonged illness," he said.

Born in Langate, Pandithpori started his political career with the National Conference and in the later years, he joined the Peoples Democratic Party before retiring fr...