Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir, Manoj Sinha, will address the inaugural session of the Union Territory’s first budget session in six years, set to begin on March 3, officials said.
This will be the first budget of the Omar Abdullah-led National Conference government since it assumed power on October 16 last year, ending a six-year period of central rule.
"I, Manoj Sinha, Lieutenant Governor of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, under the provisions of Section 21(1) of the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019, call upon the Members of the Legislative Assembly to assemble in the Legislative Assembly Complex at Jammu on Monday, the 3rd of March, at 10 am to hear my address," read a bulletin issued by the Assembly secretariat.
Officials said the session is likely to last for three weeks, and the budget will be presented by the Chief Minister, who also holds the charge of the UT’s finance department. The budget must be approved by the legislature before the end of March.
This will be the first instance of Abdullah presenting the budget in the Assembly. Five previous budgets were presented and passed by Parliament due to the absence of a legislative assembly in Jammu and Kashmir.
This will be the second Assembly session of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly since the formation of the NC-led government in the Union Territory.
The Assembly had previously met in Srinagar from November 4 to 8, just 20 days after the formation of the government.
In 2019, the Centre revoked the special status of Jammu and Kashmir by abrogating Article 370, downgrading and bifurcating the erstwhile state into two separate Union Territories—Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh.
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