JAMMU AND KASHMIR - Mehbooba Creates History As The First Woman Chief Minister Of Jammu & Kashmir

Peoples Democratic Party President Mehbooba, 56, on Monday took oath as the first woman Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir.

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti takes the oath of office.

BJP ‘s Nirmal Singh is Deputy Chief Minister; Congress boycotts function.

Peoples Democratic Party President Mehbooba, 56, on Monday took oath as the first woman Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir.

The Nirmal Singh Bharatiya Janata Party’s was sworn in as Deputy Chief Minister, bring back to a popular government after 11 weeks the rule of the Governor’s, imposed following the demise of the Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed.

Governor N.N. Vohra also administered the oath of office to 22 ministers, 11 each of the members of the PDP and the BJP alliance.

Congratulating Ms. Mufti, PrimeMinister Narendra Modi tweeted: "The new government of J & K leave no stone unturned in fulfill the dreams and aspirations of the people of Jammu and Kashmir and take the state to new heights of progress."

Union Ministers Venkaiah Naidu, Jitendra Singh and Kaur Badal Harsimrat were present at the inauguration ceremony. "It is good that a popular government is back in the same agreed agenda. The focal point will be good and clean government. The delay [in forming the government] only helped mutual understanding and removing misconceptions "said BJP national general secretary Ram Madhav, principal partner of the Center for the coalition crisis after the disappearance of Mr. Sayeed on January 7.

Deputy Chief Minister Nirmal Singh stressed that the alliance "only focuses on governance and not an alliance of political ideologies."

Later, chairing her first meeting of the Council of Ministers, Ms Mufti called "prevent corruption and ensure transparency."

The PDP has been reduced to four former ministers while induction of two new faces. The BJP also installed two new people in the Council of Ministers. Among those who fell by Ms. Mufti's PDP leader Altaf Bukhari high. Tariq Hameed Karra Deputy boycotted the inauguration ceremony. Mr. Karra opposes the PDP-BJP alliance, but threw his weight behind the coalition government recently after "guarantees" a top party post.

Leaders of the National Conference Farooq Abdullah and Omar Abdullah also attended the swearing in ceremony, but Congress boycotted the function. Most independent lawmakers had also disappeared.