Jammu, March 3 -- The Budget Session of the Jammu Legislative Assembly is set to begin on Monday with the Congress party, in alliance with the National Conference, expected to raise the issue of restoring statehood.

Ahead of the Budget Session, the Leader of Opposition in the Assembly Sunil Sharma chaired a meeting with the BJP's MLAs to devise a strategy for the session.

Speaking aboutthe statehood issue to ANI, Assembly LoP Sunil Sharma said, "Statehood is not an issue and is outside the jurisdiction of the assembly. They (ruling party) should talk about their commitments. They should talk about their commitments of 200 units of free electricity, free ration, free cylinder, pension, employment."

Sharma said that the party will raise ...