JKLA Speaker Rahim Rather administers oath to two newly elected MLAs

STC NEWS DESK
SRINAGAR, NOVEMBER 21 (STC): Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly Speaker Abdul Rahim Rather administered oath to two newly elected members of the Assembly today at the Assembly complex.
With the completion of the oath ceremony, the total strength of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly has now reached 90.
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) MLA Muntazir Mehdi and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Devyani Rana were sworn in at 11:00 am.
Mehdi was elected from the Budgam Assembly segment, while Rana won from Nagrota, a constituency earlier represented twice by her late father, Devinder Singh Rana.
The National Conference is the single-largest party with 41 members, followed by the BJP with 29, Congress with six and the PDP with four.
The Peoples Conference, CPI (M) and Aam Aadmi Party each have one MLA, while seven members in the House are independents.
(Straight Talk Communications)