• National Conference leader Omar Abdullah was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Jammu & Kashmir on October 16, the first elected government in the Union territory since 2019 when Article 370 was abrogated. 

• Lt Governor Manoj Sinha administered the oath of office and secrecy to Abdullah, who takes over as Chief Minister for a second term and is the third generation of the Abdullah family to occupy the office — after his grandfather Sheikh Abdullah and father Farooq Abdullah.

• Five ministers also took the oath of office.

• The National Conference won 42 out of the 90 seats in the recent elections while alliance partner Congress bagged six. Together, the two pre-poll allies hold a majority in the 95-member assembly — five members are to be nominated by the LG.

• Abdullah was earlier unanimously elected leader of the NC Legislature Party. His first term as Chief Minister was from 2009 to 2014 when Jammu & Kashmir was a full-fledged state.

• President’s rule was withdrawn in Jammu & Kashmir on October 13. A gazette notification to this effect was issued by the Union Home Ministry.

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

• The Jammu & Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019 was passed by the Parliament on August 5, 2019. Article 370 of the Constitution, which accorded a special status to the erstwhile state, was also abrogated on that day.

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