Abdul Rahim Rather elected as Jammu and Kashmir Assembly Speaker
November 04, 2024 11:51 ISTAbdul Rahim Rather has been elected as the new Speaker of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly, marking a significant moment in the region’s political landscape.
Abdul Rahim Rather has been elected as the new Speaker of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly, marking a significant moment in the region’s political landscape.
As Jammu and Kashmir turned another page in its troubled history, Lt Governor Manoj Sinha administered the oath of office and secrecy to Abdullah and five ministers, including Surinder Choudhary.
Omar Abdullah was sworn in as the new Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday. Along with him, five other candidates took oath as Cabinet Ministers. While four of them are NC candidates, Satish Sharma is an independent MLA.
Omar Abdullah was sworn in as the new Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir. Additionally, he is the first CM of the UT. In recently concluded assembly elections, NC got 42 seats and emerged as the single largest party. Its alliance Congress won 6 seats while CPI won only a single seat.
Omar Abdullah takes oath as Jammu and Kashmir CM: Five ministers — Sakina Masood (Itoo), Javed Ahmad Dar, Javed Ahmed Rana, Surinder Choudhary, and Satish Sharma — also took the oath of office.
Omar Abdullah swearing-in Updates: In the recently concluded Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections, the National Conference-Congress alliance won the majority. Soon after the victory, NC Chief Farooq Abdullah announced Omar's name as the UT's first CM.
A Delhi court will deliver its verdict today on Engineer Rashid’s regular bail plea in the 2017 terror funding case. Rashid, an MP from Baramulla, sought release after being in custody since 2019 under the NIA’s investigation.
After the crushing defeat in the Lok Sabha elections, the party’s disappointing performance in the Assembly polls has further deepened tensions within Congress, with state leaders reportedly attributing the failure to the alliance with the National Conference (NC).
Out of 873 candidates who ran for the 90 assembly seats, 666 candidates -- 76.28 per cent of the total, forfeited deposits. This has earned the Election Commission of India an amount little more than Rs 1.60 crore.
In the recent Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections, AAP's candidate, Mehraj Malik, secured a victory from the Doda constituency. This win has added to AAP's growing influence in the region, and the party's alliance with the NC could play a significant role in the region's governance.
The Omar Abdullah-led National Conference (NC) won 42 seats in the recently concluded Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won 29 seats, all in the Jammu region, to emerge as the main opposition party.
Aam Aadmi Party opened its account in Jammu and Kasmir as its candidate from the Doda constituency defeated the BJP candidate by a margin of over 4,500 votes.
National Conference leader Omar Abdullah urged the newly elected government in Jammu and Kashmir to foster a "sense of belonging" among the people.
Omar Abdullah won Budgam seat in Jammu and Kashmir by defeating Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party's (JKPDP) Aga Syed Muntazir Mehdi with a margin of 18,485 votes.
Omar Abdullah was declared the winner from the Budgam constituency after the conclusion of 13 rounds of counting. With just one round of counting to go, Abdullah secured 32,344 votes which was 16,294 more than Mehdi's 16,050 votes.
BJP's Darshan Kumar wins Jammu and Kashmir's Basohli constituency. He defeated Congress candidate Chaudhary Lal Singh with a margin of 16,034 votes.
Mehbooba Mufti's daughter Iltija lost by a margin of over 9,770 votes in the Srigufwara–Bijbehara constituency.
Jammu and Kashmir Assembly Election Result 2024 will be declared today on October 8. The main contest in the state is between the JKNC-Congress, the JKPDP, and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Langate Assembly Election: Independent candidate Khursheed Ahmad Sheikh won the Langate seat, defeating JKPC candidate Irfan Sultan Pandithpuri by a margin of 1,602 votes. The Langate constituency in Jammu and Kashmir went to the polls in the third phase on October 1.
Notably, the 2024 Assembly elections will mark the first local elections in Jammu and Kashmir since the abrogation of Article 370. The counting of votes takes place today on October 8 (Tuesday).
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