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The Jammu and Kashmir Assembly witnessed heated exchanges between opposition and treasury benches on Monday as members raised various issues, including the killing of civilians in Kathua and the Gulmarg fashion show controversy.
There were noisy scenes and verbal duels between members of NC-Congress, PDP, and BJP for over 25 minutes.
The Jammu and Kashmir Assembly was rocked by heated exchanges between the Opposition and the treasury benches on Monday as various MLAs raised issues such as the killing of civilians in Kathua and the Gulmarg fashion show controversy.
As the House resumed today, the National Conference legislators, and other MLAs, including PDP and Independents, raised the issue of the fashion show and dubbed it “obscene”, alleging it hurt the sentiments allegedly organised during Ramzan.
The MLAs also demanded a probe into the organisation of such a show allegedly during Ramzan.
Fashion designer Shivan & Narresh held a fashion show @Gulmarg. They displaced skiwear collection. This caused controversy where it’s been alleged that local sensitivities in the month of Ramadan wasn’t considered. Religious leaders,clerics slammed the ‘obscenity’ #gulmarg pic.twitter.com/VJLyRxzBQw— Preeti Sompura (@sompura_preeti) March 9, 2025
CM Omar Abdullah Reacts
Reacting to the controversy, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah told the House that as per the preliminary information, the show was held in December. He also said that his government would never have given permission to conduct such an event in any month or time of the year.
“We have already ordered an inquiry into it, but preliminary facts revealed that it was a private four-day event organised by a private party in a private hotel. The fashion show was held on December 7, and certain things have come to the fore, which hurt the sentiments of the people who are not wrong,” the chief minister said in the Assembly.
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