Omar Abdullah became the first chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir after the National Conference-Congress alliance won the assembly elections following Article 370’s repeal.
The MLAs who are in Omar Abdullah cabinet:
- Javed Ahmad Dar, MLA from Rafiabad (National Conference)
- Sakeena Itoo, MLA from DH Pora (National Conference)
- Javed Rana, MLA from Mendar (National Conference)
- Surender Choudhary, MLA from Nowshera Jammu (National Conference)
- Satish Sharma, MLA from Chamb Jammu (Independent)
The ceremony was attended by many high-profile leaders from ally Congress like Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and party general secretary Priyanka Gandhi.
Congress decides not to join the Ministry of the newly formed Coalition Government in J&K.
Tariq Hameed Karra, Chief of the Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC), stated on Wednesday that the Congress Party has forcefully urged that the Centre restore statehood to J&K, and that the Prime Minister has often pledged this in public forums. However, Jammu and Kashmir’s statehood has not been restored. We are unhappy, hence we are not joining the Ministry at this time, said JKPCC Chief, adding that the Congress Party will continue to struggle for the restoration of Statehood.
Among the prominent INDIA bloc leaders invited for the event include West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, NCP President Sharad Pawar, RJD’s Lalu Prasad Yadav, Samajwadi Party’s Akhilesh Yadav and DMK’s MK Stalin. Other key invitees include Uddhav Thackeray from Shiv Sena, Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren, Mehbooba Mufti of the PDP, Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann, and AAP’s Arvind Kejriwal.
Lt Governor Manoj Sinha invited Omar Abdullah to take the oath as the Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister on Monday, a day after the government revoked the president’s rule in the Union Territory.
On Thursday, the National Conference (NC) Legislature Party unanimously elected Omar Abdullah as its leader, paving the way for his second term as Chief Minister. Abdullah’s first term, from 2009 to 2014, took place when Jammu and Kashmir was still a full-fledged state, under an NC-Congress coalition government.
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Source: Times Now
