Jammu, Nov 19: One more member of Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly, Moulvi Abdul Rasheed, was administered oath by protem speaker Abdul Aziz Zargar here today.
With this, 85 of the 89-member legislative assembly were administered oath. The ninth J&K Assembly was formally constituted after 84 newly elected members were sworn-in yesterday.
Zargar was sworn-in as the protem speaker on November 16.
In the 89-member legislative assembly, 87 are elected while two are nominated by the government. The polls to the assembly were held in four phases from August 16 to October 8.
Bureau Report