{
  "id": 17716639,
  "title": "40 years ago November 2, 1986: NC coalition to be sworn in",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/40-years-ago-november-2-1986-nc-coalition-to-be-sworn-in",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-02T01:10:08.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Indian Express",
    "slug": "the-indian-express",
    "url": "https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/40-years-ago/40-years-ago-november-2-1986-nc-coalition-to-be-sworn-in-10946432/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "On November 2, 1986, a nine-member coalition government led by National Conference president Farooq Abdullah will be sworn in on November 3 in Jammu, according to sources from the AICC-I. The new ministry will consist of three ministers from Congress-I and six from the National Conference, forming an interim government with elections scheduled for March of the following year. An electoral understanding has been reached between the National Conference and Congress.\n\nIndia plans to protest the United States' proposal to supply Pakistan with the AWACS (Airborne Warning and Control System) to the Reagan administration, according to diplomatic sources. Indian Ambassador to the US, P K Kaul, will meet with US Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger at the Pentagon to voice India's concerns.\n\nGeneral Mieczyslaw Moczar, a prominent figure from post-war Poland who was a lifelong Communist and three-time contender for the leadership of the Communist Party, has died at the age of 73. Moczar, a World War II partisan leader, had been in retirement since 1983 when his controversial public career ended.",
  "summary": null,
  "key_points": [
    "Nine-member NC-Congress coalition sworn in on November 3, 1986",
    "Congress-I and National Conference form interim government",
    "India protests AWACS supply to Pakistan to US officials"
  ],
  "editors_take": "The coalition between the National Conference and Congress-I establishes a temporary power-sharing arrangement designed to stabilize the region until the scheduled elections in March.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}