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PremiumOmar Abdullah Oath-Taking Ceremony Highlights: National Conference leader Omar Abdullah took oath as Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir in Srinagar today, October 16. Five ministers - two from Kashmir and three from Jammu also took oath of office on the occasion.
Surinder Chaudhary, an NC leader from Jammu, was sworn is as deputy chief minister by J&K Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha. The other ministers who took oath on Wednesday include Sakina Ittoo, Javed Rana, Javed Dar and Satish Sharma. All these are NC MLAs.
Choudhary is the NC MLA from Nowshera in Jammu and Sakeena Itoo, is NC MLA from Damhal Hanjipora in Kashmir. Javed Rana is also NC MLA from Mendhar in Jammu while Javed Dar is NC MLA Rafiabad, Kashmir. Satish Sharma is an independent MLA from Chhamb in Jammu supporting NC-Congress alliance.
The Congress, which was ally partner of National Conference, has decided not to be part of the new Jammu and Kashmir government. “Congress has strongly demanded from the Centre to restore Statehood to J&K, besides the Prime Minister has time and again in public meetings promised the same. But the Statehood has not been restored to J&K. We are unhappy therefore we are not joining the Ministry at the moment, JKPCC Chief added and said Congress Party shall continue to fight for restoration of Statehood," Congress party's J-K chief Tariq Hameed Karra said explaining why Congress stayed out of government.
Abdullah has become first chief minister of the Union Territory after the abrogation of Article 370 in 2019, He is also the first CM of Jammu and Kashmir after the erstwhile state was bifurcated into Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh Union Territories.
Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and party general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra are attending Abdullah's oath-taking ceremony at the Sher-i-Kashmir International Convention Centre (SKICC) in Srinagar today.
Floral Tributes to Sheikh Abdullah
Hours before his oath-taking, Omar paid floral tributes at the Mazar-e-Anwar – the mausoleum of National Conference founder and his grand father, Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah, in Srinagar. “I have some strange distinctions. I was the last chief minister to serve a full six-year term. Now I'll be the first chief minister of the Union territory of J&K. The last distinction, as in the one of serving six years," Omar said on the occasion.
It wis Abdullah's second term as chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir. In the first term, he was the J&K chief minister between January 5, 2009 and January 8, 2015.
The National Conference-Congress alliance won the maiden assembly elections held after the abrogation of Article 370. The NC won 42 seats while the Congress won 6 seats. The majority got further strengthened with the backing of five Independent MLAs and one MLA from the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). The Bharatiya Janata Party won 29 seats, up from 25 it won in 2014 assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir.
Jammu and Kashmir has been under President’s rule since June 2018, after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) withdrew its support from Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti-led coalition government with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
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Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh took to the social media platform X (formerly known as Twitter), to congratulate new J&K CM Omar Abdullah on taking oath today (October 16).
“Congratulations to Omar Abdullah on taking oath as the Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir. I hope, the governance trajectory of the state continues to move forward and his government is able to fulfil people’s aspirations. My best wishes for a fruitful tenure," he stated.
Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge says, "I have come here to congratulate him. We are happy that our alliance partner became the CM and democracy has been established here after a long time...we will ensure that statehood is restored here."
Omar Abdullah Oath-Taking Ceremony Live: Here is the list of ministers in Chief Minister Omar Abdullah-led government
1. Surender Choudhary, NC MLA Nowshera, Jammu
2. Sakeena Itoo, NC MLA Damhal Hanjipora, Kashmir
3. Javed Rana, NC MLA Mendhar, Jammu
4. Javed Dar, NC MLA Rafiabad. Kashmir
5. Satish Sharma, independent MLA from Chhamb, Jammu supporting NC-Congress alliance.
Omar Abdullah Oath-Taking Ceremony Live: The Congress, which was ally partner of National Conference, has decided not to be part of the new Jammu and Kashmir government. “Congress has strongly demanded from the Centre to restore Statehood to J&K, besides the Prime Minister has time and again in public meetings promised the same. But the Statehood has not been restored to J&K. We are unhappy therefore we are not joining the Ministry at the moment, JKPCC Chief added and said Congress Party shall continue to fight for restoration of Statehood," Congress party's J-K chief Tariq Hameed Karra said explaining why Congress stayed out of government.
Omar Abdullah Oath-Taking Ceremony Live: Five ministers - two from Kashmir and three from Jammu – took oath of office on the occasion. Surinder Chaudhary, an NC leader from Jammu, was sworn is as deputy chief minister by J&K Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha. The other ministers who took oath on Wednesday include Sakina Ittoo, Javed Rana, Javed Dar and Satish Sharma.
Omar Abdullah Oath-Taking Ceremony Live: National Conference leader Omar Abdullah took oath as Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir in Srinagar today, October 16. Surinder Chaudhary was sworn is as deputy chief minister.
Omar Abdullah Oath-Taking Ceremony Live: Omar Abdullah will take oath as CM of Jammu and Kashmir shortly. "We have a lot to do. We have to give people the hope that this is their government and they will be heard. They were not being heard for the last 5-6 years. It will be our responsibility to listen to them and act on it,." Omar said after paying tributes to his grand father at the mausoleum in Hazratbal neighborhood of Srinagar.
Omar Abdullah Oath-Taking Ceremony Live: JKNC VP & Chief Minister Designate visited the revered Hazratbal Shrine ahead of the oath taking ceremony today. He prayed for the peace & prosperity of Jammu & Kashmir.
Omar Abdullah Oath-Taking Ceremony Live: Lok Sabha LoP and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi and party leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra arrive in Srinagar to attend the swearing-in ceremony of Omar Abdullah as the Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmi
Omar Abdullah Oath-Taking Ceremony Live: Omar Abdullah said on Wednesday that Congress is not out of the cabinet. "It's for them to decide, and we have been in discussions with them. I will not be filling all 9 vacancies in the council of ministers. Some vacancies will be kept open as we are in talks with Congress...Everything is well between NC and Congress, otherwise Kharge ji, Rahul ji, and senior Congress leaders would not be coming here. Their presence is indicative of the fact that the alliance is strong, and we will work for the people (of the state)," he told news agency PTI
Omar Abdullah Oath-Taking Ceremony Live: Omar Abdullah said he has some strange distinctions as he is set to take oath as Jammu and Kashmir CM. "I have some strange distinctions. I was the last chief minister to serve a full six-year term. Now I'll be the first chief minister of the Union territory of J&K. The last distinction, as in the one of serving six years, I'm quite happy about...I hope that the status of a union territory is a temporary one. We look forward to working in cooperation with government of India to resolve the people's problems and the best way to do that would be to start by restoring statehood to J&K, " he said.
Omar Abdullah Oath-Taking Ceremony Live: Omar Abdullah said on Wednesday that his government has to ensure people that they will be heard. “We have a lot to do. We have to give people the hope that this is their government and they will be heard. They were not being heard for the last 5-6 years. It will be our responsibility to listen to them and act on it," Abdullah said agead of oath-taking event. He paid floral tributes to his grand father in Srinagar.
Omar Abdullah Oath-Taking Ceremony Live: The Congress party has decided not to be part of Omar Abdullah-led government in Jammu and Kashmir. This means there won't be any minister in the cabinet. The Congress will, instead, give support to the government from outside.
Omar Abdullah Oath-Taking Ceremony Live: Ahead of the swearing-in ceremony, Jammu and Kashmir CM-designate Omar Abdullah offers floral tributes at the Mazar-e-Anwar of “Sher-e-Kashmir" Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah, in Srinagar. Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah is Omar's grand father.
Omar Abdullah Oath-Taking Ceremony Live: All set at Sher-i-Kashmir International Conference Centre (SKICC) in Srinagar where JKNC Vice President Omar Abdullah will take oath as the Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir today: Watch
Omar Abdullah Oath-Taking Ceremony Live: Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav said Jammu and Kashmir's statehood should be restored soon after the new government under Omar Abdullah assumes office. The former UP CM arrived in Srinagar on Tuesday to attend Omar Abdullah oath-taking.
"I congratulate the people of Jammu and Kashmir for trusting democracy and forming their own government, and for saving the Constitution. The next step after the elections is to restore full statehood of J-K. I am hopeful they will get full statehood," Yadav told reporters here.
Omar Abdullah Oath-Taking Ceremony Live: Posters welcoming Congress MP and Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi appear in Srinagar ahead of Omar Abdullah’s oath-taking in Srinagar today. Rahul , Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and party general secretary Priyanka Gandhi are scheduled to attend the oath-taking ceremony of CM-elect Omar Abdullah in Srinagar today.
Omar Abdullah Oath-Taking Ceremony Live: National Conference leader Omar Abdullah will take oath as Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister today at 11.30 am. Eight other ministers are also expected to take oath along with Omar at SKICC in Srinagar.
