Mufti and Iftikhar take oath as MLAs

PDP leader and former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohd Sayeed and his party colleague Iftikhar Hussain Ansari took oath as MLAs.

PDP leader and former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohd Sayeed and his party colleague Iftikhar Hussain Ansari on Wednesday took oath as MLAs.

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Pro-tem Speaker Chowdhary Mohammad Aslam administered the oath to the two newlypelected assembly members.

Three more members, including former chief minister Ghulam Nabi Azad (Congress), former deputy chief minister Muzaffar Hussain Baig (PDP) and Ashwani Kumar Sharma (independent) are still to take oath as MLAs.

J&k assembly has a strength of 89 members with 87 elected and two others nominated.