Nationwide Convention vice chairman Omar Abdullah was on Wednesday sworn in as Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, turning into the pinnacle of the primary authorities of J&Okay for the reason that abrogation of particular standing below Article 370 of the Structure in 2019.
Together with Omar, 5 different ministers had been additionally sworn in.
Surinder Choudhary was sworn in as Deputy CM. Within the Meeting election, he had defeated BJP state president Ravinder Raina from the Nowshera seat in Rajouri.
The one girl among the many 5 sworn in to this point was Sakina Itoo. She received her seat within the Meeting from Noorabad constituency in south Kashmir’s Kulgam, and has served as a minister beforehand.
Three-time legislator Javed Rana, who received from Mendhar in Rajouri, was additionally sworn in. He’s the Nationwide Convention president for the Pir Panjal area, and is credited with the beautiful displaying that the get together put up there within the latest election.
One other former minister, Javed Dar, who’s the MLA from Rafiabad in north Kashmir and is the NC’s zonal president, was additionally sworn in as a minister.
Impartial legislator from Chamb in Jammu, Satish sharma, additionally took oath. He was one of many a number of Independents to pledge their assist to the NC.
The swearing-in ceremony, held on the Sher-i-Kashmir Worldwide Conference Centre, was attended by a number of INDIA bloc leaders, together with Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and Mallikarjun Kharge, SP chief Akhilesh Yadav, Left leaders Prakash Karat and D Raja, DMK’s Kanimozhi, and NCP’s Supriya Sule.
PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti additionally attended the occasion.
