BJP to elect its legislature party leader in J-K Assembly on Sunday

The BJPs Jammu and Kashmir unit will hold a meeting in Srinagar on Sunday to elect its legislature party leader ahead of the first assembly session in the Union Territory to be held on November 4 after a sixyear gapThe BJP bagged its alltime high of 29 seats in the recently held Jammu and Kashmir Assembly electionsHowever its MLA Devender Singh Rana who won the Nagrota assembly segment by a margin of over 30000 votes and was a frontrunner for the leader of opposition post because of his political stature within the party died on Thursday following an illnessKnown as the voice of Jammu he quit the National Conference along with his close associate and former minister S S Slathia and joined the BJP in October 2021Last month the BJPs parliamentary board appointed Union Minister Pralhad Joshi and the partys national general secretary Tarun Chugh as observers to elect the legislature party leader in Jammu and KashmirAccording to BJP sources the meeting will take place in Srinagar on Sunday morning and will be attended by all 28 MLAs and senior party leaders including its Jammu and Kashmir unit chief Ravinder RainaThey said the leader of the opposition will be chosen at the meeting and the name will be forwarded to the partys central leadershipFive names are under active consideration but things will be cleared once the meeting takes place the sources saidThe National Conference NC has emerged as the single largest party in the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly polls with 42 seats and has a comfortable majority in the 95member House as its alliance partners Congress and CPIM have won six seats and one seat respectivelyThe NC also enjoyed the support of six of the seven Independent MLAs and of the Aam Aadmi Party which has also opened its account in Jammu and Kashmir by winning the Doda segmentThe PDP has won three seats and the Peoples Conference one seat while five are nominated membersThe first session of the newly elected Jammu and Kashmir legislative assembly is scheduled to begin with the election of the Speaker followed by the lieutenant governors address on November 4According to the calendar issued by Protem Speaker Mubarak Gul the Assembly will make obituary references the next day while the discussion on the motion of thanks on the LGs address will be held on November 6 and 7 Response to the motion of thanks on the LGs address will be conducted on November 8This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever