The seven-day autumn session of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly began in Srinagar on Monday, September 21, on a stormy note.
BJP members stormed the Well of the House over public issues, trying to corner the Abdullah government.
Members of the ruling alliance on the treasury benches raised slogans demanding the restoration of statehood.
Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said the session is an opportunity for meaningful debate on the issues faced by the public.
The session is expected to take up employment, reservation, development, electricity and governance.
The seven-day autumn session of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly began in Srinagar on Monday, September 21, 2026.
The opening was overshadowed by protests, with BJP members storming the Well of the House over public issues.
Members of the ruling alliance on the treasury benches raised slogans demanding the restoration of statehood to Jammu and Kashmir.
The BJP tried to corner the Abdullah government on a range of public issues as the session opened.
Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said the session is an opportunity for meaningful debate and discussion on the issues faced by the public.
He sought a constructive debate during the session.
The session is expected to take up issues ranging from employment and reservation to development, electricity, governance and public welfare.
The demand for the restoration of statehood is expected to be one of the central themes of the session.
Jammu and Kashmir has been a Union Territory with a legislature since the reorganisation of the erstwhile state in 2019.
The treasury benches pointed to the Centre’s pending promise of restoring statehood while raising slogans in the House.
The session is being held for seven days, giving the government and the opposition a platform to debate the issues.
Private members’ resolutions are among the business that the Assembly typically takes up during its sessions.
Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly building, Srinagar (representative image), Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0
