New Delhi, Oct. 9 -- The newly-elected legislators of the National Conference (NC) will meet on Thursday to elect their leader, party vice president Omar Abdullah said on Wednesday, a day after the counting of votes was held for the Jammu and Kashmir elections.

"The legislature party will meet tomorrow at 12:30pm to elect their leader," PTI quoted Abdullah as saying.

He added, "Then, there will be a meeting of the alliance partners to elect their leader in the House. Then, we will go to the Raj Bhavan to stake the claim for government formation and ask the lieutenant governor to fix a time for swearing in. I hope the new government is in place in the next few days."

Of the total 90 assembly seats in the Union territory, the NC conteste...