J&K Lt Governor invites Omar Abdullah to take oath as Chief Minister on October 16

Lieutenant Governor Manojr Sinha invited Omar Abullah to take the oath as Chief Minister days after he received a letter from the National Conference that the latter has been unanimously elected as Leader of the Legislature Party.

In Short

• Invite comes days after President's rule revoked from J&K
• Abdullah unanimously elected JKNC's Leader of Legislative Party
• Swearing-in ceremony scheduled at 11:10 am on October 16

Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Monday invited National Conference leader Omar Abdullah to take oath as first Chief Minister of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir on October 16.

This comes a day after the Centre revoked President's rule in Jammu and Kashmir.

In a letter to Abdullah, Sinha said, "I have received a letter of October 11, 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."

He said he had also received a letter from Jammu and Kashmir Congress chief Tariq Hameed Karra, CPI(M) Secretary GN Malik, AAP national secretary Pankaj Kumar Gupta and Independent MLAs-elect Payare Lal Sharma, Satish Sharma, Mohammad Akram, Rameshwar Singh and Muzafar Iqbal Khan extending their support to the NC.

"I am pleased to invite you to form and lead the Government of Jammu and Kashmir.

"As separately settled, I shall administer Oath of Office and Secrecy to you, and to those recommended by you for induction as members of your Council of Ministers, at SKICC, Srinagar on October 16, 2024 at 11:30 am", Sinha said in his letter.

"I take this opportunity to wish you a highly productive tenure and success in your endeavours in the best interest of the people of Jammu and Kashmir", he said.

The LG's emissary handed over the letter to Abdullah and informed him about the date and time of the swearing-in ceremony.

"Was pleased to receive the Principal Secretary to LG Manoj Sinha ji. He handed over a letter from the @OfficeOfLGJandK inviting me to form the next government in J&K", Abdullah said in a post on X.