Joint meeting of alliance partners, separate meetings of NC, Cong scheduled; LoP Sharma to chair BJP strategy meet
Srinagar, Sep 19: The summer capital Srinagar is set to witness hectic political activity on Sunday, with the National Conference, Congress and the main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party convening separate legislature party meetings to chalk out strategy for the upcoming autumn session of the Jammu & Kashmir Legislative Assembly.
As per the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), ahead of the session, the ruling National Conference has called a meeting of its legislators as well as the Independents supporting the Government at 4:30 PM at the banquet hall here.
The meeting will be chaired by NC president Dr. Farooq Abdullah in the presence of Chief Minister Omar Abdullah.
Apart from its MLAs, the NC has invited five Independents — Satish Sharma (Khour), Choudhary Mohammad Akram (Surankote), Pyare Lal Sharma (Inderwal), Dr. Rameshwar Singh (Bani) and Muzaffar Iqbal Khan (Thanamandi).
At 5:00 PM, the NC, Congress, CPI(M) and the five Independents supporting the Government will participate in a joint meeting.
Meanwhile, Congress has convened a separate meeting of its legislators at 3:30 PM. Chief Whip of Congress Nizamuddin Bhat confirmed that the meeting will take place at the party headquarters.
On the other hand, the main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party has also called a meeting tomorrow evening to devise its strategy for the autumn session. Leader of Opposition Sunil Kumar Sharma will chair the meeting of BJP MLAs to discuss the party’s plan to corner the Government during the session.
“We are holding a meeting of MLAs tomorrow,” Sharma told KNO. He added that the BJP, after holding meetings across Jammu & Kashmir to gather feedback on governance and other issues, will raise matters affecting the common people.
“We will seek answers from the Government for every promise they made to the people of Jammu & Kashmir,” he said. (KNO)
