Team News Riveting
Srinagar, October 14
National Conference (NC) Vice President Omar Abdullah will take oath as the Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday.
Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha invited him to form the government. The NC along with ally Congress has secured absolute majority in the 90-member Legislative Assembly, bagging 48 seats. While NC has bagged 42 seats, Congress won in six constituencies. The NC has support of four independent candidates also.
The NC staked the claim to form the next government in Jammu and Kashmir. “I am pleased to invite you to form and lead the Government of Jammu and Kashmir,” the LG said in a letter to the NC leader.
“As separately settled, I shall administer Oath of Office and Secrecy to you, and to those recommended by you for induction as members of your Council of Ministers, at SKICC, Srinagar on 16h October, 2024 at 11:30 am,” Sinha said. “I take this opportunity to wish you a highly productive tenure and success in your endeavours in the best interest of the people of Jammu and Kashmir,” he added.
The LG said he had received a letter of 11th October, 2024 from Dr Farooq Abdullah, President, Jammu and Kashmir National Conference, wherein it has been informed that Omar Abdulla had been unanimously elected as Leader of the Legislature Party.
“I have also, received a letter from Tariq Hameed Karra, President, J&K Pradesh Congress Committee, G. N. Malik, Secretary, CPIM), Pankaj Kumar Gupta, National Secretary, Aam Aadmi Party and Independent MLAs namely, Payare Lal Sharma, Satish Sharma, Ch. Mohd. Akram, Dr Rameshwar Singh and Muzafar Iqbal Khan, offering support in the formation of Government led by you,” Sinha said.
The President’s rule was withdrawn in Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday, paving the way for the formation of a new government in the union territory. A gazette notification to this effect was issued by the Union Home Ministry.
The Central rule was imposed in Jammu and Kashmir on October 31, 2019, following the formal division of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir into two union territories — Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh.
The Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019 was passed by the Parliament on August 5, 2019. Article 370 of the Constitution, which accorded a special status to the erstwhile state, was also abrogated on that day. Prior to October 31, 2019, the central rule was continuing in the erstwhile state from June 2018 after the resignation of the then chief minister Mehbooba Mufti when the BJP withdrew support to the PDP-led government.
