India, Oct. 23 -- Ahead of the beginning of the Autumn session of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly, bickerings surfaced between the alliance partners after the Congress party legislators decided to stay away from the meeting convened by the National Conference late Wednesday evening.

The nine-day Assembly session, beginning from Thursday, is expected to be a stormy affair as Opposition parties, including the BJP and PDP, are fully geared up to corner the Omar Abdullah-led alliance Government.

Broadly speaking, issues like statehood, reservation policy and regularisation of thousands of daily wage workers in the union territory are set to dominate the proceedings of the house.

On Friday, the Legislative Assembly will vote to e...