Opposition gears up to corner govt

Srinagar: The nine-day autumn session of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly will begin on Thursday and is likely to witness fireworks from the opposition. The session will start with obituary references on the first day, and business will be conducted on six working days. The session is expected to be stormy as the opposition BJP, PDP, Awami Ittehad party, together with some allies of the Omar Abdullah-headed government, gear up to seek accountability from the government on electoral promises, statehood restoration, reservation rules, etc. The centre of discussion in this session will be three bills to be introduced by the government. The cabinet has already given its nod for amendments to the Jammu & Kashmir Panchayati Raj Act, 1989, and the Goo

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