00:00I came as a grandson just to place flowers on the grave of my grandfather, my grandmother.
00:24But more importantly I came to Dargah Sharif, Hazratbal, just to offer a silent prayer to
00:32ask Almighty Allah to give me the strength to live up to the expectations of people.
00:39Jammu and Kashmir has gone through an extremely difficult time.
00:46People have enormous expectations and our challenge is to live up to those expectations.
00:53Sir, you take oath as the first Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir after the abrogation of Article 370.
01:00Yes, I have some strange distinctions.
01:03I was the last Chief Minister to serve a full six-year term.
01:07Now I'll be the first Chief Minister of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir.
01:11The last distinction, as in the one of serving six years, I'm quite happy about.
01:16Being a Chief Minister of a Union Territory is a different matter altogether.
01:20It has its own challenges.
01:22But I hope that the status of a Union Territory is a temporary one.
01:27We look forward to working in cooperation with Government of India to resolve the people's problems.
01:38And the best way to do that would be to start by restoring statehood to Jammu and Kashmir.
01:45Thank you very much.
01:47Sir, we would like to know what are your initial feedbacks and what is your commitment to the people?
01:53We have a lot to do.
01:55We have a lot to do.
01:57We have to give people the confidence that this is their government.
02:00That their voice will be heard.
02:03It's been five or six years.
02:06No one was ready to listen to them.
02:10So it will be our duty to listen to them and act on what we have heard.
02:16There are a lot of demands, as I said.
02:18If I were to list each one here, it would be wrong.
02:21But we will definitely try.
02:23Dear Kashmir Sheikh Abdullah Sahib, what you would like to say today, sir?
02:27I came as a grandson just to place flowers on the grave of my grandfather, my grandmother.
02:36But more importantly, I came to Dargah Sharif Hazratbal just to offer a silent prayer.
02:44To ask Almighty Allah to give me the strength to live up to the expectations of people.
02:51Jammu and Kashmir has gone through an extremely difficult time.
02:56People have enormous expectations.
03:00And our challenge is to live up to those expectations.
03:05Sir, you take oath as the first Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir after the abrogation of Article 375.
03:12Yes, I have some strange distinctions.
03:15I was the last Chief Minister to serve a full six-year term.
03:19Now I'll be the first Chief Minister of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir.
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