Mehbooba Mufti Took Oath as first CM of Jammu and Kashmir

For the first time Jammu and Kashmir got it's woman CM after months of negotiation with BJP

Jammu and Kashmir got its first ever woman chief minister as Mehbooba Mufti. She is not only comes from a dominating political family but also current president of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). She took Oath to head a 22-member coalition ministry with the BJP.

For past few week Jammu and Kashmir state was under the political uncertainty after the death of Mahbooba's father and former chief minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed On January 7.Though it was quite clear the Mahbboba Mufti will become the next CM of state but it took more than two months and became possible after several rounds of hectic negotiations between the two parties and apparent intervention by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Jammu and Kashmir have collation government formed by PDP and BJP. Both parties are known for their different Ideology. In the Legislative Assembly election, 2014 PDP won 28 seats mostly in Kashmir valley and wherein with big surprise BJP won 25 seats but remain dominate in Jammu. J&K assembly consist of 87 seats and in order to form government minimum required seats are 44 which none of the party achieved. After election negotiations started among the parties, finally BJP and PDP came together to form government in the state. Mufti Mohammad Sayeed became the CM from PDP and Nirmal Singh became the deputy CM from BJP. This time BJP managed to get equal representation in the cabinet.

The 56 year old Mehbooba, a single mother of two daughters took oath under the administered of Governor N N Vohra at Raj Bhawan in winter capital Jammu. Union ministers M Venkaiah Naidu and Jitendra Singh attended the swearing-in along with BJP general secretary Ram Madhav, who played important role in forming the alliance, National Conference leaders Farooq Abdullah and Omar Abdullah. Congress leader did not attend the ceremony to protest against what happened in Uttrakhand.

It's not going to be easy task for her to remain in power and take decisions because politics of Kashmir is not easy especially when the collation is between BJP and PDP who think differently on the major issues of state including article 370 and AFSPA (armed forces special act).

PDP president Mehbooba Mufti was sworn in as 13th and the first women chief minister. She also became the second Muslim woman to head a state – the first was Syeda Anwar of the Congress who became the chief minister of Assam in 1980.