Cong, BJP to hold meetings of own MLAs before Assembly session

Ruling Congress and Opposition BJP MLAs will meet separately at Dharamshala on December 18 to finalise the strategy for the five-day winter session of the Himachal Pradesh Assembly.
The session, which will begin on December 19 and conclude on December 23, will be held at the TapovanAssembly Complex in Dharamshala, an official release here said, adding the session will also have a private member's day.
Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh will preside over the meetingof the Congress legislature party while Leader of the Opposition Prem Kumar Dhumal will chair the BJP's meeting.
A BJP release today said the party before submitting its "charge-sheet" against the state government to Governor Acharya Devvrat on December 24 will meet at Dharamshala on December 18.

"The charge-sheet committee in the meeting will give final touches to it before submission," committee convener Suresh Bharadwaj said, claiming it will expose the alleged acts of "omission and commission" of the ruling government.
Meanwhile, the government has invited Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi for a rally at Dharamshala on December 25 to mark Singh's four years in office.