In Jammu and Kashmir, National Conference Vice President Omar Abdullah took oath as Chief Minister today. Along with this, Sakina Itoo, Javed Rana, Satish Sharma, Javed Dar, Surinder Chaudhary took oath as ministers. The program is being held at Sher-e-Kashmir International Conference Center (SKICC) in Srinagar.
Governor administered oath
Governor Manoj Sinha also administered oath to Deputy CM Surinder Chaudhary, Minister Sakina Itoo, Javed Rana, Javed Dar, Satish Sharma. After taking oath, Omar Abdullah will hold a meeting with the Administrative Secretary at 3:00 pm.
No Congress MLA became minister
Meanwhile, Congress decided not to join the government. None of their MLAs will become ministers. Congress says that it will continue to support the Omar government. Congress said that we will keep fighting till Jammu and Kashmir gets the status of a state.
Many big leaders of INDIA block attended
According to the information, about 50 VIPs including Leader of Opposition in Parliament Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi, Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge, West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee, Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin, Uddhav Thackeray, Sharad Pawar, SP President Akhilesh Yadav, Lalu Prasad Yadav and Arvind Kejriwal were invited to the swearing-in ceremony. Arvind Kejriwal and Mamata Banerjee did not attend the ceremony.