Who Gets What In Omar Abdullah's Cabinet

By: EjazUlHaqBhat

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National Conference vice president Omar Abdullah took oath as Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir today

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This will be the first elected government of the union territory of J&K since 2019, when Article 370 was abrogated

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Five ministers -- Sakina Masood (Itoo), Javed Dar, Javed Rana, Surinder Choudhary, and Satish Sharma -- also took oath

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While Sakina Itoo and Javed Dar are from Kashmir Valley, Javed Rana, Surinder Choudhary and Sharma Sharma are from Jammu region

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Surinder Choudhary, who defeated BJP's J&K chief Ravinder Raina, took oath as deputy Chief Minister of the Union Territory

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Sakina Itoo won last week's election from DH Pora constituency by a margin of over 17,000 votes

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Javed Dar won from Rafiabad constituency by a margin of over 9,000 votes

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Javed Rana was also sworn in as cabinet minister. He had defeated BJP's Murtaza Khan by over 14,000 votes from Mendhar constituency

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Satish Sharma, who contested polls as an independent candidate, later joined the National Conference, boosting its numbers

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