In Jammu and Kashmir, ahead of the beginning of the Budget session on the 3rd of March, the Speaker of the J&K Legislative Assembly, Abdul Rahim Rather has called an all-party meeting today to ensure smooth functioning of the 43-day-long session. Akashvani Jammu Correspondent reports that the Speaker has invited leaders of the National Conference, Bharatiya Janta Party, Peoples Democratic Party, and Peoples Conference for the meeting at Legislative Assembly Complex, Jammu. The Speaker has invited leaders of legislature parties and chief whips to the meeting. Sunil Kumar Sharma (BJP), Ali Mohammad Sagar (NC), Mubarak Gul (NC), Sajad Gani Lone (Peoples Conference), Muhammad Yousaf Tarigami (CPI-M), Ghulam Ahmad Mir (Congress), Surjeet Singh Slathia (BJP), Waheed-ur-Rehman Parra (PDP) and Muzaffar Iqbal Khan (independent) have been invited to attend the meeting. The 43-day-long session beginning on the 3rd of March is expected to be stormy with opposition parties set to corner the government on a host of issues. While BJP will corner the government on the issues of governance and commitments by the ruling NC in its manifesto, Kashmir-based opposition parties like PDP and Peoples Conference are likely to raise the issue of Article 370, the ban on the sale and consumption of alcohol and other issues. Meanwhile, Peoples Conference president Sajad Gani Lone has submitted a resolution seeking condemnation of the 5th of August, 2019 decisions in the strongest terms and restoration of Article 370. PDP MLA Mir Muhammad Fayaz, NC MLA Ahsan Pardesi and AIP MLA Sheikh Khursheed Ahmed have submitted separate bills seeking a ban on the sale and consumption of liquor in J&K.