TN CM to skip Omar Abdullah’s swearing-in, Kanimozhi to represent DMK

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin will not be attending the swearing-in of Omar Abdullah as chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir owing to the IMD issuing a 'red alert' due to the northeast monsoon, the state government said on Tuesday.

A 'red alert' indicates heavy to extremely heavy rain of over 20 cm in 24 hours.

DMK MP Kanimozhi will represent the party at the swearing-in ceremony on October 16.

Jammu and Kashmir National Conference president Farooq Abdullah called up the Tamil Nadu chief minister and invited him for the swearing-in of his son and JKNC vice president Omar Abdullah as chief minister, an official release here said.

But Stalin conveyed his inability to attend in person as the IMD had forecast a ‘red alert’ due to the northeast monsoon in the state, and that he was engaged in precautionary work, the release said.