Jammu and Kashmir: BJP will choose the leader of the legislative party today, 5 names in the race, decision will be taken in the meeting in Srinagar.

Jammu and Kashmir News: The Jammu unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will hold a meeting in Srinagar on Sunday to elect the leader of its legislative party ahead of the first session of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly starting from November 4 after a gap of almost six years. BJP had won 29 seats in the recently concluded Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections. This is its best performance so far in the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections.

However, BJP MLA Devendra Singh Rana, who won from Nagrota by a margin of more than 30 thousand votes, died due to illness on Thursday. He was considered to be the frontrunner for the post of Leader of Opposition in Jammu and Kashmir Assembly. Rana, known as the “Voice of Jammu”, had left the National Conference along with his close aide and former minister SS Salathia and joined the BJP in October 2021. Last month, the BJP parliamentary board had appointed Union Minister Pralhad Joshi and party national general secretary Tarun Chugh as observers to select the legislature party leader in Jammu and Kashmir.

Meeting will be held in Srinagar today
According to BJP sources, the meeting will be held in Srinagar on Sunday morning and it will be attended by all 28 MLAs including Jammu and Kashmir unit chief Ravindra Raina and senior party leaders. He told that the leader of the opposition will be selected in the meeting and his name will be sent to the central leadership of the party.

5 names are being considered
According to sources, five names are being actively considered, but things will become clear only after the meeting. The first session of the newly elected Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir will begin on November 4 with the election of the Speaker of the Assembly, after which the Lieutenant Governor will address. According to the calendar released by Protem Speaker Mubarak Gul, there will be tribute meetings in the meeting on November 5, while the motion of thanks on the Lieutenant Governor’s address will be discussed on November 6 and 7. According to the calendar, the date of November 8 has been fixed for reply to the motion of thanks on the Lieutenant Governor’s address.

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