President’s Rule Withdrawn In J&Okay, Paves Way For Formation Of New Government

President’s Rule Withdrawn In J&Okay, Paves Way For Formation Of New Government


A gazette notification to this impact was issued by the Union Home Ministry.

New Delhi:

President’s rule was withdrawn in Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday, paving the best way for the formation of a brand new authorities within the union territory.

A gazette notification to this impact was issued by the Union Home Ministry.

“In train of the powers conferred by Section 73 of the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019 (34 of 2019) learn with Articles 239 and 239A of the Constitution of India, the order dated the thirty first October 2019 concerning the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir shall stand revoked instantly earlier than the appointment of the chief minister below Section 54 of the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019,” the notification signed by President Droupadi Murmu stated.

The National Conference-Congress alliance received the latest Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections and is about to kind the federal government.

NC vp Omar Abdullah would be the subsequent chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir. He has been elected because the chief of the alliance.

Central rule was imposed in Jammu and Kashmir on October 31, 2019, following the formal division of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir into two union territories — Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh.

The Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019 was handed by the Parliament on August 5, 2019. Article 370 of the Constitution, which accorded a particular standing to the erstwhile state, was additionally abrogated on that day.

Prior to October 31, 2019, the central rule was persevering with within the erstwhile state from June 2017 after the resignation of the then chief minister Mehbooba Mufti when the BJP withdrew assist to the PDP-led authorities.

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