J&K budget session likely to begin on stormy note
Jammu, Jan 1: The budget session of the Jammu and Kashmir legislature is likely to begin on a stormy note tomorrow with opposition parties planning to protest the recent government order barring its employees from airing political views on social media and take up other issues.
The rival parties are also expected to oppose forcefully the government’s move to allow indirect election of sarpanches by panches instead of a direct election.
The session would begin with Governor NN Vohra s address to a joint sitting of the legislature and end on February 10.
The Budget for the financial year 2018-19 would be presented by Finance Minister Haseeb Drabu on January 11.
This will be his fourth budget on the trot.
The Congress, National Conference and CPI(M) have termed “eye-wash” the government’s decision to regularize 60,000 casual and daily wagers in various departments. The issue is likely to be raised in the House.
The opposition may also denounce the Mehbooba Mufti government over the ongoing strike by contractual employees, including of the National Health Mission, who are demanding regularization of their services.
