Srinagar, Oct 10
National Conference (NC) Vice President Omar Abdullah is set to be the new Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir after being unanimously elected as the leader of the legislature party.
The decision to elect Omar Abdullah as the leader was taken in a meeting held at the NC headquarters at the ‘Nawa-e-Subha’ complex in Srinagar city on Thursday. And the party will soon stake its claim to the UT's top post.
NC President Dr Farooq Abdullah, Vice President Omar Abdullah, senior leaders of the party and recently elected MLAs were present in the meeting.
Farooq Abdullah had already told the media immediately after the election results for the J&K Legislative Assembly were announced by the Election Commission of India (ECI) that Omar Abdullah would be the new chief minister of J&K.
Omar has told some reporters that the Assembly election results proved that the majority of people in J&K have not endorsed the revocation of J&K’s special status.
He said that had the people endorsed the revocation then the BJP and not the NC-Congress alliance would have got a majority in the Assembly polls.