Overview
- Mehbooba Mufti said the PDP will back NC candidates only if the party supports the PDP’s Land Rights & Regularisation Bill, 2025 and the Regularisation of Daily Wagers Bill in the Assembly.
- Omar Abdullah responded that admission of private member bills is the Speaker’s prerogative and said his government would not oppose any legislation deemed pro-people.
- The J&K Assembly session opens October 23, a day before polling for four Rajya Sabha seats that have been vacant since 2021.
- NC is positioned to win three seats with support from about 53 MLAs, but PDP’s three votes are pivotal for a fourth seat as Peoples Conference chief Sajjad Gani Lone has announced he will abstain.
- Analysts note private member bills seldom pass in J&K and say large-scale worker regularisation could carry heavy fiscal costs, underscoring the leverage—and limits—of PDP’s demand.