As the Jammu & Kashmir chief minister faces the state assembly for the first time after the National Conference’s victory in the state elections, he is in an unfamiliar position. It is now a Union Territory, so Omar Abdullah is not master of his fate any longer. The real power in the territory is the Lt. Governor, Manoj Sinha, who takes his orders from Delhi. The government has little or no role in the security set-up. The police force acts on the orders of the Centre, which means the h