Statehood, reservation NH issues expected to dominate proceedings
Srinagar: The Cabinet on Wednesday decided to recommend to Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha the summoning of the J&K Assembly on October 13.
Sources said that the Cabinet, which met this morning under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, decided to recommend to the LG the summoning of the Assembly on October 13.
“The session will be brief and may span seven days, from October 13 to 20,” they disclosed, adding that the recommendation will now be sent to the LG for formal approval.
This would be the third session of the J&K Union Territory’s first Assembly. The last sitting of the J&K Assembly was held on April 29, 2025, when it convened to condemn the dastardly terror attack in Amalgam, in which 26 civilians were killed.
Therefore, the Assembly must meet on or before October 28 to fulfill statutory requirements.
As per the Jammu & Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019, there must not be a gap longer than six months between the last sitting of one session and the first sitting of the next.
“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,” reads the J&K Reorganisation Act, 2019.
Given the current scenario, the issues of statehood and reservation are expected to dominate proceedings in the House.
In the last Assembly session, three resolutions on statehood lapsed due to disruptions caused by the National Conference, following the rejection of an adjournment motion brought by its legislators on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2025.
The issue of reservation also surfaced repeatedly during discussions in the House in the last session.
The detention of APP MLA Mehraj Malik and the hindrances in the movement of fruit trucks on the Srinagar-Jammu highway are also expected to come up for discussion.
