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Congress Backs NC to Form J&K Govt with Omar as CM: The National Conference NC-Congress alliance claims government in Jammu and Kashmir as Omar Abdullah Friday met Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha here and staked the claim to form government in Jammu and Kashmir as chief minister-designate.

He presented the letters of support from the coalition partners hours after Congress extended its support to the NC vice president.

Abdullah was elected as the leader of NC legislature party unanimously on Thursday and is all set to be the chief minister of J-K for the second time.

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His first stint as chief minister was also with the NC-Congress coalition government from 2009 to 2014.

The NC won 42 of the 90 seats for which elections were held in three phases and Congress got 6 seats. Although the two parties have majority in 95 member House, four Independents and one AAP MLA have also extended their support to NC.

Talking to reporters at his residence after meeting the LG, Abdullah said he asked the LG to fix the date for swearing in of the new government as soon as possible.

"I met the LG and presented the letters of support from the NC, Congress, CPI(M), AAP and Independents who have supported the NC. I requested him to fix a date as soon as possible so that the oath ceremony takes place and the government elected by the people starts functioning," the CM-designate said.

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He said the swearing in will take place on Wednesday.

"This process will take some time. It is not that an elected government is replacing another elected government. This is a central rule, we are a Union Territory, and the LG has to prepare documents and send them to the Rashtrapati Bhavan.

"From the Rashtrapati Bhavan, they will go to the Home Ministry where they will do their paperwork and then the documents will be sent back. We have been told that it will take at least two-three days. I hope that if this process is completed at the earliest, then the oath ceremony will take place on Wednesday," Abdullah added.

Earlier in the day, the six Congress MLAs met here and gave the party high command in New Delhi the permission to nominate the leader of the CLP.

After the meeting JKPCC president Tariq Karra said the CLP meeting decided unanimously to leave the decision on the CLP leader to the central leadership.

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