J&K Lt Governor Invites Omar Abdullah to Form Government, Oath-Taking Scheduled for Wednesday

I have received a letter dated 11 October 2024 from Dr Farooq Abdullah, President, Jammu and Kashmir National Conference wherein it has been informed that you have been unanimously elected as Leader of the Legislature Party," Lt Governor Sinha said in a letter to Omar Abdullah.

Lt Governor of Jammu and Kashmir Manoj Sinha on Monday invited the NC Vice President Omar Abdullah to take the oath of office as the Chief Minister of the UT on Wednesday. He announced that the ceremony will take place at 11.30 a.m. at Sher-e-Kashmir International Convention Centre (SKICC) in Srinagar.

I have received a letter dated 11 October 2024 from Dr Farooq Abdullah, President, Jammu and Kashmir National Conference wherein it has been informed that you have been unanimously elected as Leader of the Legislature Party," Lt Governor Sinha said in a letter to Omar Abdullah.

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He further alleged that he has been getting letters in his favour for the formation of a government under National Conference from congress's J&K chief Tariq Hameed Karra, CPI-M's secretary G.N. Malik, Secretary of Aam Aadmi Party's national secretary Pankaj Kumar Gupta as well as independent MLA Pyare Lal Sharma, Satish Sharma, Ch. Mohd Akram, Dr Rameshwar Singh and Muzafar Iqbal Khan.

"I am pleased to invite you to constitute and become the Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir. As mutually agreed, I shall administer oath of office and secrecy to you and to those nominated by you for inclusion as members of your council of ministers, at SKICC Srinagar on 16th October 2024 at 11.30 am."

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"I seize this moment to wish you a highly productive tenure and success in your endeavour with the best interest of the people of Jammu and Kashmir."

Omar Abdullah will take oath as Chief Minister of J&K for the second time. He was the Chief Minister of J&K from 2008 to 2014, heading a National Conference-Congress coalition government.

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The NC has emerged as the largest party in the recent Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir securing 42 seats in the 90-member assembly, while its coalition partners, the Congress and the CPI-M, secured six and one seats respectively taking it over the halfway mark. Immediately thereafter, the AAP's sole MLA as well as at least five of the seven Independents extended their support to the NC. Omar Abdullah was on Tuesday unanimously elected the NC's legislature party chief soon after the declaration of results and had met the Lt Governor on Friday to stake his claim to form the government.

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