He was reacting to a tweet that said that no journalist had any clue about what the prime minister and BJP president Amit Shah were planning on the reshuffle that took place this morning.
Congratulating Nirmala Sitharaman, who was elevated as defence minister, Omar, the working president of opposition National Conference, while referring to the Cabinet Committee on Security, said the "high table" has become gender-balanced.
Commenting on the appointment of Rajyavardhan Rathore as the country's new sports minister, Omar tweeted this
The NC leader also congratulated Piyush Goyal for his appointment as the new railway minister and expressed hope that the Katra-Banihal rail link in Jammu and Kashmir would get a much needed push.
Earlier, while reacting to Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's statement that he had no information or discussions about the Cabinet reshuffle and got to know of it only from the media, Omar said "Spare a thought for Nitish Kumar ji who was the bee's knees in the UPA & now only hears of union cabinet reshuffles through the media".