On Wednesday, National Conference leader Omar Abdullah took oath as the Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir. Five ministers, two from Kashmir and three from Jammu also took oath of office on the occasion. Surinder Chaudhary, an NC leader from Jammu, was sworn is as deputy chief minister by Jammu & Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha. The other ministers who took oath include Sakina Ittoo, Javed Rana, Javed Dar and Satish Sharma. All these are NC MLAs.
Omar Abdullah has become the first chief minister of the Union Territory after the abrogation of Article 370 in 2019. He is also the first Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir after the previous state was bifurcated into Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh Union Territories. Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and party general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra are attennded Abdullah’s oath-taking ceremony at the Sher-i-Kashmir International Convention Centre (SKICC) in Srinagar.
#WATCH | Omar Abdullah took oath as the Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, in Srinagar
The leaders from INDIA bloc including Lok Sabha LoP Rahul Gandhi, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, JKNC chief Farooq Abdullah, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, PDP chief Mehbooba… pic.twitter.com/kasFd4sawM
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The National Conference-Congress alliance won the maiden assembly elections held after the abrogation of Article 370. The National Conference won 42 seats while the Congress won 6 seats. The majority got strengthened with the backing of five Independent MLAs and one MLA from the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). The Bharatiya Janata Party won 29 seats, up from 25 it won in 2014 assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir.
Jammu and Kashmir has been under President’s rule since June 2018, after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) withdrew its support from Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti-led coalition government with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
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