Prime Minister Narendra Modi won’t be attending the swearing-in ceremony of PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti, who is set to become first woman chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir on April 4.
Sources told DH that while Modi will give a miss to the swearing-in function, Union ministers Rajnath Singh and Arun Jatiley are likely to attend the function.
Last year on March 1, Modi had attended the oathtaking function of Mehbooba’s father and then chief minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed when ideological opposites—the BJP and the PDP formed a coalition government in the state.
Besides Modi, BJP president Amit Shah, party veterans L K Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi had also attended the function. However, sources said, this time Modi won’t be attending the function as he is leaving for a three-nation tour on Tuesday and will be back on April 3. Afterwards, Modi will be busy with Assam elections.
DH News Service
Published 29 March 2016, 18:57 IST