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Srinagar: A new government is going to be formed in Jammu and Kashmir soon. A 3-member delegation of the INDIA alliance will meet LG Manoj Sinha on Friday and stake claim to form the government. The swearing-in ceremony is expected to take place on October 13 or 14.
Omar Abdullah will be the Chief Minister. However, there will be no deputy CM in the state government. Congress, which contested the elections in alliance with the National Conference, may get the post of Deputy Speaker.
From the Congress side, either MLA from Dooru seat GA Mir or state president and Central Shalteng MLA Tariq Hamid Karra may get the status of a cabinet minister.
In the assembly elections held after the removal of Article 370 from Jammu and Kashmir, the INDIA alliance won 49 seats. The National Conference, which is part of the alliance, got the maximum 42 seats, Congress 6 and CPI (M) got one seat. The majority figure is 46.
In the Jammu and Kashmir assembly election results that came on October 8, the BJP won 29 seats. The party has gained 4 seats compared to the last election. However, Jammu and Kashmir BJP President Ravinder Raina lost to the NC candidate from Nowshera seat by about 8 thousand votes. He has sent his resignation to the party high command.
Former Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti’s party PDP has won 3 seats. In the last election, the party had won 28 seats. Mehbooba’s daughter Iltija Mufti, who was contesting for the first time, lost from Srigufwara Bijbehara seat by more than 9 thousand votes.
