Jammu, May 15 -- The tussle over the allocation of chairmanship in the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly's House Committees has intensified, with Leader of Opposition Sunil Kumar Sharma Thursday saying that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will soon convene a meeting to decide whether to boycott the panels.

As per the news agency KNO, Sharma said that the distribution of committee chairmanships was unfair and tilted in favor of the ruling National Conference and its allies. "We will decide whether to stay away from the proceedings of the committees," he said.

The LoP said the Assembly is being turned into the headquarters of the National Conference, and the voice of the opposition is being muzzled to prevent them from highlighting failures and...