Srinagar: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is planning its legislative party meeting next week to announce the leader of opposition in the Jammu & Kashmir Legislative Assembly.
Party insiders said that MLAs of the party would choose their leader who would technically be the Leader of Opposition in the yet to be formed Jammu and Kashmir Assembly.
Though the party leadership is tight-lipped about the nominations, rumours making rounds in Jammu suggest that it could be a close tie between Sunil Kumar Sharma (MLA Padder Nagseni) and Devinder Rana (MLA Nagrota).
Sunil is seen as very close to Nagpur and central BJP leadership. Though Rana is the younger brother of union minister, Jatinder Singh, the brothers, though being in the same party, have some chemistry problem, sources said.
The BJP is set to get the coveted post of the leader of opposition given their strength in the House. Among opposition parties, BJP has 29 MLAs, PDP three MLAs and Peoples Conference one MLA.
Meanwhile, the BJP has appointed senior leaders Tarun Chugh and Prahlad Joshi as observers for BJP’s legislative party meeting.
