Delay in swearing-in of new govt due to procedural needs: Omar Abdullah

Chief Minister-designate Omar Abdullah Saturday said the delay in the swearing-in of the new government in Jammu and Kashmir was due to the need to follow the procedures for revoking the President's Rule in the Union Territory.

"There is a procedure. There has been the President's Rule here for the last six years. A Cabinet note is needed to end the President's Rule which has to be sent to the Rashtrapati Bhavan, which then goes to the home ministry.

"Then there were holidays --? today it was Dussehra and tomorrow it is Sunday. God willing, if all these procedures are completed on Monday, then we will make our preparations on Tuesday and then God willing, we will take oath on Wednesday," Abdullah said.

He was talking to reporters after watching a match of the Legends League Cricket here.

When asked why there was a delay in government formation in the age of technology, Abdullah said government formation has nothing to do with technology.

"We tried to form the government once throu