The swearing-in ceremony is set for October 16 at Sher-i-Kashmir International Convention Centre, where Lt Governor Manoj Sinha will administer the oath to Omar Abdullah and his ministers
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Singh said there were times when a returning officer would reject all the nomination papers and accept only that of the ruling party candidate and declare him a winner uncontested even before the day
Earlier, the president's rule in Jammu and Kashmir was revoked, clearing the way for the formation of a new government following the recently concluded Assembly polls in the Union Territory
There has been the President's Rule here for last six years. A Cabinet note is needed to end President's Rule which has to be sent to the Rashtrapati Bhavan, which then goes to the home ministry
Congress MLAs will meet on Friday in Srinagar under JKPCC chief Tariq Hameed Karra to elect their Legislature Party Leader, whose name will then go to the party's high command for approval
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After receiving the letter of support from the Congress, Abdullah intends to go to Raj Bhavan to stake his claim to form the government
J&K Assembly elections: NC leader Omar Abdullah said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi should fulfil his promise of restoring statehood in Jammu and Kashmir
He expressed hope that the government in Jammu and Kashmir will be able to run smoothly unlike in Delhi
NC Vice President said that the JKNC-Congress alliance secured a majority, with voters displaying maturity and deliberation
J&K Assembly elections: Congress-NC alliance secures 48 seats in elections, set to form government; BJP leads in vote share with 25.5%, Independents surpass PDP by winning more seats
Omar has been a Lok Sabha member thrice (in 1998, 1999 and 2004) and was a junior minister in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee-led NDA government
As J&K election results near, focus shifts to PM Modi, Rahul Gandhi, Omar Abdullah, and Iltija Mufti, with analysts eyeing its impact on the 2024 general elections
J-K Assembly elections: The National Conference and Congress alliance is expected to secure 47 to 52 seats in 90-seat Assembly, well over the 46-majority mark
Early trends in Jammu and Kashmir election results show Iltija Mufti, daughter of PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti, trailing NC's Bashir Ahmad Shah Veeri in Srigufwara-Bijbehara
Abdullah told reporters here as early trends from counting of votes showed the party ahead of the BJP and other rivals
He was commenting on his father Farooq Abdullah's remarks that the National Conference-Congress alliance will take support of PDP even if it does not need it as 'we have to go ahead together'
HMO said the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act of 2019 passed by the Parliament of India provides for notifying the transaction of business rules, and the same was notified in the year 2020
His remarks came after the second phase of polling on Wednesday saw a voter turnout of over 56 per cent