An undated image of National Conference leader Omar Abdullah. — AFP/File
National Conference leader Omar Abdullah on Wednesday was sworn in as the chief minister of Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK), after guiding his party to a massive victory in the September-October elections.
The 54-year-old leader’s party won 42 seats in the 90-member assembly and has the support of four Independents and one Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) legislator, according to NDTV.
The oath-taking ceremony was held at the Sher-i-Kashmir International Conference Centre in Srinagar and was attended by several Indian leaders, and politicians, including India’s opposition leader Rahul Gandhi and Congress’s Priyanka Gandhi.
