LOP to chair BJP legislature party meeting today

Srinagar, Oct 22: The J&K unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has called a meeting of its legislators in Srinagar on Thursday morning to chalk out a strategy for the autumn session of the Legislative Assembly. Leader of the Opposition (LOP) and senior BJP leader Sunil Kumar Sharma would chair a meeting of all BJP legislators to formulate a strategy to corner the government on a range of issues, a BJP spokesman said.

“We are holding a meeting tomorrow at 8:30 am to discuss the issues to be raised during the session,” he said.

Sharma had earlier said that the BJP would demand accountability from the National Conference (NC)-led government for what he described as a “betrayal of electoral promises.”

“The government has failed to deliver on its commitments made during the elections, whether it is the promise of 200 free units of electricity, 12 LPG cylinders per household, or other assurances given to the people,” he said.

Sharma said that the BJP would question the government on its inability to create employment opportunities for the youth.

“In the election, the government promised to create one lakh jobs for the youth, but they have done nothing. We will ask them what they have done for the youth in the past year,” he said.