Srinagar:
It was her maiden speech in the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly. When BJP MLA Devyani Rana rose to speak on the Union territory’s budget, members of the ruling National Conference (NC) were seen thumping their desks. They did the same at the conclusion of her speech, even as she criticised the budget presented by Chief Minister Omar Abdullah.
Before her speech, Speaker Abdul Rahim Rather asked members to encourage the first-time MLA who won the recent assembly by-election from the Nagrota assembly constituency after the death of her father, Davinder Singh Rana.
Rana was a longtime NC leader from Jammu and a close confidant of Omar Abdullah before he switched to the BJP a few years ago. Soon after the assembly elections in October 2024, he died.
My maiden speech in the J&K Legislative Assembly as MLA Nagrota speaking on the J&K Budget 2026-27 on 7th February 2026@bjp4india @bjp
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