Srinagar, April 4 -- Two days ahead of Union Home Minister Amit Shah's three-day tour of Jammu and Kashmir, a meeting of the legislators of the ruling National Conference (NC) and its alliance partners began here on Friday amid growing disquiet between the Raj Bhavan and the six-month-old government in the Union Territory.

The meeting, chaired by Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and also attended by National Conference president Farooq Abdullah, began at Deputy Chief Minister Surinder Choudhary's residence at the Gupkar here.

The Cabinet ministers, all MLAs of the NC, and three Congress legislators led by chief whip Nizamuddin Bhat are attending the meeting.

The unscheduled meeting of the alliance partners comes in the backdrop of Lieutena...