Peoples Democratic Party leader Mufti Mohammad Sayeed will be sworn-in as chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir State on Sunday. Sayeed's taking charge brings an end to 49 days of Governor's Rule in India's northern state.

The new Jammu and Kashmir State government is the first time an alliance has been formed between the PDP and the Bharatiya Janata Party. Sayeed, 79, who founded his party in 1999, has dubbed the PDP-BJP alliance as the meeting of "North Pole and South Pole."

Sayeed will be administered the oath at General Zorawar Singh Auditorium of Jammu University at 11 am. The function will reportedly be attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Rajnath Singh and other senior BJP leaders like
L.K. Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi.

The December assembly election, which recorded one of the highest voter turnouts in Jammu and Kashmir, led to PDP emerging as the single largest party with 28 seats, BJP 25, National Conference 15 and Congress 12.

The BJP-PDP alliance new government is expected to be about 25 with 12 lawmakers from PDP and 11 from the BJP. Separatist-turned-mainstream politician Sajjad Gani Lone, who met Modi ahead of the elections in Delhi, is expected to be included in the cabinet from the BJP side.

The deal struck between the two parties allows Mufti to be the chief minister for the full six-year term while BJP’s Nirmal Singh is tipped to become deputy chief minister.

Although the BJP and PDP have struck a deal, there is concern over whether the two parties will be able to function together given their vast ideological differences on critical issues like Article 370, which gives special status to Jammu and Kashmir State, and the AFPSA law, which shields soldiers from prosecution in conflict zones.