The Congress will not be part of the new Jammu and Kashmir government – despite having allied with Chief Minister-elect Omar Abdullah’s National Conference to win last month’s election – sources told NDTV Tuesday morning. The Congress will offer support from outside instead.

However, senior leaders from the party – Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi, the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha – will attend the swearing in ceremony.

Mr Abdullah will be sworn in as the new Chief Minister – J&K’s first elected head of state in a decade – this morning, after guiding the NC to victory in the September-October election.

The Congress – expected to do well – flopped, winning only six seats; it won 12 in the 2014 election. The NC dominated the alliance, winning 42 of the former state’s 90 elected seats.

Omar Abdullah, the chief minister-elect of Jammu and Kashmir, reaffirms the strength of the NC-Congress alliance, dismissing rift rumors. Abdullah clarifies that ministerial positions remain open for Congress as talks continue. The alliance is set to establish the first elected government since the abrogation of Article 370.

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