People who have been invited to Mehbooba Mufti’s swearing-in ceremony ceremony include Union ministers Venkaiah Naidu and Jitendra Singh, scheduled to be held in the sprawling lawns of Raj Bhavan in J
People who have been invited to Mehbooba Mufti’s swearing-in ceremony ceremony include Union ministers Venkaiah Naidu and Jitendra Singh, scheduled to be held in the sprawling lawns of Raj Bhavan in Jammu at 11 am on Monday. Ms Mufti’s mother Gulshan Ara Nazir, brother Tassaduq Hussain Sayeed and daughters Iltija and Irtiqa are also likely to be present but it is not yet clear if her two sisters, Rubaya Sayeed and Mehmooda Sayeed, who live with their families outside Jammu and Kashmir, will make it.
Over two dozen ministers, including deputy chief minister designate Nirmal Singh, will also take oath at the ceremony, sources said. The BJP had publicly pitched for a “just and equitable share” in power with the PDP and was driving a hard bargain but it is not known if the demand has been conceded by its ally.
On reaching Jammu on Sunday, Ms Mufti will hold discussions with party leaders and Mr Singh on the composition of the ministry. “The names of people from the alliance partners to be inducted into her council of ministers have already been decided and it would only be a formality that is going to be undertaken by them,” the sources said.
The PDP and the BJP had staked claim for government formation on March 26, two days after Ms Mufti was elected PDP’s legislature party leader.
