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BJP's Nirmal Singh was sworn-in as Deputy Chief Minister.

The Governor  on Saturday had invited Mehbooba to form and lead the PDP-BJP coalition government in the state.

Jammu and Kashmir was put under Governor’s Rule on January 8, a day afterthe  then chief minister Mufti Muhammad Sayeed passed away in New Delhi.

After three  months of stalemate the situation turned  promising following several rounds of hectic negotiations between the two parties and the final meeting between Mehbooba and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

BJP and PDP had joined hands last year after no party got a majority in the  state assembly elections. The PDP is the largest party with 28 seats - now 27 following Sayeed’s death - in the 87-member house. The BJP is second with 25 seats. 

 

 

 

 

 

(Reporting by Saleem Iqbal Qadri)