Mehbooba Mufti urges cross-party support for key bills in J&K assembly
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PDP president Mehbooba Mufti has urged J&K legislators from multiple parties to support her private member bills addressing land issues, daily wagers’ regularization, and alcohol ban. Highlighting the post-2019 challenges, she emphasized the need for collective action beyond political differences. The 40-day J&K assembly budget session starts March 3 with LG Manoj Sinha’s address.
PDP president Mehbooba Mufti has written to Jammu and Kashmir CM Omar Abdulah, leader of Opposition Sunil Sharma of the BJP and other legislators to support her party’s private member bills on land, regularisation of daily wagers and a ban on alcohol in the upcoming assembly session.
The PDP chief stressed on the need for collective action beyond party lines and called for a united effort to address the grievances of the people. She has also sought support from and written to Ghulam Ahmad Mir of Congress, Sajad Lone of People’s Conference, Muhammad Yousuf Tarigami of CPI-M, Khursheed Ahmad Sheikh of Awami Ittehad Party and other independent MLAs in the J&K assembly.
“People of J&K continue to face unprecedented challenges, particularly since the developments of 2019. Last few years have been immensely difficult for our people who have had to endure political uncertainty, economic stagnation and social distress,” Mufti wrote in the letters to different political parties.
The PDP chief said that the parties may differ in political ideology and approach but she firmly believes that there are issues of common interest that transcend partisan lines.
The 40-day budget session in J&K is scheduled to start from March 3 with LG Manoj Sinha’s address.
