Jammu, March 1 -- Ahead of the budget session starting from Monday, the National Conference and the Congress have convened legislature party meetings here on Sunday.

To be held after nearly seven years with Central rule coming to an end in Jammu and Kashmir, the more than month-long upcoming budget session will begin with a ceremonial address of Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha.

The National Conference (NC) chief whip Mubarak Gul has convened a legislature party meeting at the official residence of Chief Minister and party's vice president Omar Abdullah on March 2.

Meanwhile the Congress party chief whip Nizam-ud-Din Bhat has separately asked its legislators to ensure their presence at the meeting at the party headquarters in Jammu on Mar...