Overview

• An official notification fixes the first sitting for 10:00 a.m. on October 23 and confirms it as the third session of the Union Territory’s first Assembly.
• Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha invoked Section 18(1) of the J&K Reorganisation Act to summon the House.
• The date departs from the J&K Cabinet’s recommendation for an October 13 sitting proposed by Chief Minister Omar Abdullah.
• Debate is expected on restoration of statehood and reservation policy, along with the detention of MLA Mehraj Malik and disruptions to fruit-truck movement on the Srinagar–Jammu highway.
• The previous sitting on April 29 condemned the Pahalgam terror attack that killed 26 civilians, and three statehood resolutions lapsed following disruptions tied to a rejected adjournment motion on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill.