SRINAGAR: With the Jammu and Kashmir Governor N.N. Vohra having flown to Jammu late yesterday evening, the oath-taking ceremony of Mehbooba Mufti as chief minister has been delayed and shall possibly be held today.
“The governor has returned to Jammu after paying condolences to the family of chief minister, Mufti Muhammad Sayeed in Srinagar on Thursday,” Raj Bhawan sources told Kashmir Observer.
Earlier, two senior leaders of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, Muzaffar Hussain Beigh and Altaf Bukhari had called on Vohra in Srinagar to submit a letter from the PDP nominating Mehbooba Mufti as the new leader of their legislature party.
They had requested Vohra to swear in her as chief minister on Thursday.
“If delayed today (Thursday), the swearing in can take place tomorrow (Friday),” said a senior PDP leader who also confirmed that the Bharatiya Janata Party which is the alliance partner of the PDP was on board when it was decided that Mehbooba Mufti should replace her father after his death.
According to the state constitution, after Sayeed’s death, a new chief minister has to be sworn in to run the affairs of the state.
