Kashmir CM resigns as Congress takes over
Indian Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohammed Sayeed yesterday quit his post in accordance with a power-sharing pact with the Congress party, which will now rule the troubled state for the next three years, officials said.
"I have tendered my resignation to the governor," Sayeed told reporters outside the residence of State Governor S.K. Sinha in the Indian Kashmir summer capital Srinagar.
Sinha is India's top representative in Kashmir.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. Ghulam Nabi Azad, India's urban development minister, will replace Mufti Mohammad Sayeed of the People's Democratic Party (PDP).
Sayeed was installed on November 2, 2002 in line with a power-sharing pact following landmark state elections in the Himalayan region.
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