Srinagar: Omar Abdullah, Vice President of the National Conference (NC), will be sworn in as the Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir on October 16, following an official invitation from Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha to form the government. The NC-Congress alliance recently emerged victorious in the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections, marking a return to democratic governance in the region after five years of central rule.
In a letter dated October 11, Dr. Farooq Abdullah, President of the National Conference, informed the LG that Omar Abdullah had been unanimously elected as the leader of the NC Legislature Party. In response, several political parties and independent MLAs, including the Congress, CPI(M), Aam Aadmi Party, and independents, extended their support for the formation of the government.
The swearing-in ceremony is scheduled for 11:30 a.m. on October 16 at the Sher-i-Kashmir International Conference Centre (SKICC) in Srinagar. Omar Abdullah will take the oath of office and secrecy, alongside his Council of Ministers.
Jammu and Kashmir has been under central rule since October 31, 2019, after the bifurcation of the erstwhile state into the Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh. This followed the abrogation of Article 370 and the passage of the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act in August 2019.
