Ahead of the start of the budget session, Speaker Legislative Assembly Abdul Rahim Rather has called an All-Party Meeting on February 27 to ensure smooth functioning of the 43-day long session.
Sources said the Speaker has invited leaders of National Conference, Bharatiya Janata Party, Peoples Democratic Party, Peoples Conference for the meeting scheduled on February 27 at Legislative Assembly complex, Jammu.
The Speaker has invited leaders of legislature parties and chief whips for the meeting.
Sources said Sunil Kumar Sharma (BJP), Ali Mohammad Sagar (NC), Mubarik Gul (NC), Sajad Gani Lone (Peoples Conference), Muhammad Yousouf Tarigami (CPI-M), Ghulam Ahmad Mir (Congress), Surjeet Singh Slathia (BJP), Waheed-ur-Rehman Parra (PDP) and Muzaffar Iqbal Khan (independent) have been invited to attend the meeting.
The 43- day-long session beginning from March 3 is expected to be stormy with opposition parties set to corner the government on a host of issues.
While BJP will corner the government on issues of governance and commitments by the ruling NC in its manifesto, Kashmir-based opposition parties like PDP and PC are likely to raise issues of Article 370, alcohol ban and other issues.
PDP MLA Mir Muhammad Fayaz, NC MLA Ahsan Pardesi and AIP MLA Sheikh Khursheed Ahmed have submitted separate bills seeking ban on sale and consumption of liquor in J&K.