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Shujaat Bukhari
CHANGE OF GUARD: The new Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, Ghulam Nabi Azad (right), with his predecessors Mufti Mohammad Sayeed and Farooq Abdullah at the swearing-in ceremony in Srinagar on Wednesday. Photo: Nissar Ahmad
SRINAGAR: Senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad was on Wednesday sworn in the tenth Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir. People's Democratic Party leader Muzaffar Hussain Baig took the oath as Deputy Chief Minister along with 11 Ministers, two of them Ministers of State. Governor S.K. Sinha administered the oath of office and secrecy to Mr. Azad. Besides Mr. Baig, his predecessor Mangat Ram Sharma was sworn in Minister. Peerzada Mohammad Sayeed and Taj Mohiuddin, both from the Congress; Abdul Aziz Zargar, Qazi Afzal and Tariq Hamid Qarra from the PDP, Nawang Rigzin Jora from Leh and Haji Nissar Ali from Kargil were inducted as Cabinet Ministers. G.S. Charka and Babu Singh, both from the Congress, were sworn in Ministers of State with Independent charge. Besides Mr. Charka and Mr. Singh, PDP's Qarra is the only new face. The PDP dropped its seniormost minister in the Mufti-led government, Ghulam Hassan Mir. Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil, his deputy S.P. Jaiswal, and AICC general secretary Ambika Soni attended the function.
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