J&K cabinet to meet on Tuesday, likely to recommend convening of Assembly

Srinagar, Sep 22 (IANS) The Jammu and Kashmir cabinet, led by Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, will meet here on Tuesday, and several important issues are expected to be decided. The cabinet is also likely to recommend that the Lieutenant Governor convene the Legislative Assembly’s autumn session.

As per the Jammu & Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019, there must not be a gap longer than six months between the last meeting of one session and the first meeting of the next session of the Legislative Assembly.

“The Lieutenant Governor shall, from time to time, summon the Legislative Assembly to meet at such time and place as he thinks fit, but six months shall not intervene between its last sitting in one session and the date appointed for its first sitting in the next session,” says the Act.

Since the last sitting of the previous session was held on April 29, and according to the six-month rule, the next session must be held by October 28.

The issues of statehood and reservation are likely to dominate proceedings in the House.

In the last Assembly session, three resolutions on statehood lapsed due to disruptions created by the National Conference following the rejection of the adjournment motion brought by their legislators on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2025.

In the previous session, the issue of reservation came up repeatedly in the House, with Sajad Gani Lone cornering the government over the matter.

The issue of the arrest of MLA Doda, Mehraj Malik, under the PSA could also come up during the Assembly’s autumn session.

Jammu and Kashmir has a 90-member Legislative Assembly, out of which 47 are from the Valley and 43 from the Jammu division.

The National Conference has 42, the BJP 29, Congress six, Peoples Democratic Party three, Awami Ittehad Party one, Peoples Conference one, CPI(M) one, Aam Aadmi Party one and six Independents.

The MLAs from the Congress party, five Independents and CPI(M) have supported the Omar Abdullah-led National Conference government.

--IANS

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