12 ministers, six each from the PDP & BJP will be sworn in on March 1, the day when Mufti Muhammad Sayeed will be administered oath of office. Sources added that PDP members who will be sworn in as ministers are Abdul Rehman Veeri, Nayeem Akhtar, Syed Altaf Bukhari, Haseeb Drabu, Zulifkar Chodhri and Abdul Haq Khan.
Dr Nirmal Singh from BJP will be the new Deputy Chief Minister while other BJP members who will be sworn in as the ministers will be Bali Bagat, Sham Choudhri, Abdul Gani Kohli, Kavinder Gupta and Sunil Sharma.