Srinagar: After six years the President rule in J&K has been revoked by the Centre government paving its way for formation of an Omar Abdullah led government.
An order issued by Rashtrapati Bhavan, it says “In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 73 of the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019 (34 of 2019) read with Articles 239 and 239A of the Constitution of India, the order dated October 31, 2019, in relation to the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir shall stand revoked immediately before the appointment of the chief minister under Section 54 of the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019,” the notification signed by President Droupadi Murmu said.
In recently held assembly elections, the National Conference emerged as the single largest party.
The National Conference (NC) and the Indian National Congress (INC) alliance secured 48 seats in the recently held assembly elections.
