The Jammu and Kashmir cabinet has recommended to Lt Governor Manoj Sinha that the autumn session of the assembly be convened in the second week of October.

It is expected to be stormy but short – from October 13 to October 20. The cabinet met in Srinagar on Tuesday under Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, where the decision was taken.

The J-K Reorganisation Act makes it mandatory for the government to call the session before October 29. The Act says that the gap between the last day of the most recent assembly session and the first day of the next assembly session shouldn’t be more than six months.

The session could see fireworks as the opposition has said it wants to discuss several key issues.

The arrest of Aam Aadmi Party ’s Doda legislator Mehraj Malik is likely to dominate the se

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