Overview

• Mehbooba Mufti said PDP will consider backing NC’s Rajya Sabha candidates only if NC helps pass at least two PDP private-member bills during the session starting October 23.
• PDP’s Land Rights & Regularisation Bill, dubbed the “anti-bulldozer” measure, seeks to protect long-time occupants from evictions and grant legal ownership to those in continuous possession.
• The Regularisation of Daily Wagers Bill aims to provide job security and benefits to contract workers across government departments.
• Polling for four Rajya Sabha seats is on October 24, and with NC backed by 53 in the 88-member Assembly, PDP’s three MLAs could decide whether NC takes a fourth seat or the BJP gains one.
• Peoples Conference chief Sajjad Gani Lone says he will abstain, NC has not yet responded to PDP’s terms, and NC has proposed its own Land Grants bill, underscoring competing land-policy agendas.