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J&K Assembly Opens Monday as NC Consolidates Its Floor Plan

The autumn session will put the Omar Abdullah government under pressure from opposition parties seeking answers on jobs, power tariffs and delayed local polls.

Overview

  • The Speaker issued a provisional calendar that sets the autumn session to begin on Monday, September 21, with obituary references on the first day and private members’ business scheduled for September 24 and 25.
  • National Conference leaders held a legislature party meeting on Sunday chaired by Farooq Abdullah to finalise strategy and urge MLAs and supporting Independents to defend the government and push key measures.
  • Opposition parties — including the BJP, PDP and a separately acting Congress — have planned confrontational floor tactics to press the government on electricity tariff hikes, unemployment, outsourcing of jobs and alleged corruption.
  • The J&K Congress says it will act independently inside the House and has referred the question of formally joining the Omar Abdullah government to the party high command, creating a tense alliance dynamic.
  • Coverage differs on whether the sitting is described as seven sittings or a 10‑day session but the Speaker’s provisional calendar is the operative schedule and the session could shape delivery on public concerns such as local‑body polls and regularisation of daily wagers.