New Delhi: Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik dissolved the state assembly on Wednesday evening after rival claims to form government from former Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti and People's Conference leader Sajad Lone, who is backed by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The state has been under Governor's Rule since June, when the BJP ended its ruling alliance with Ms Mufti.
Ms Mufti said her Peoples' Democratic Party has the support of arch-rival Omar Abdullah's National Conference and the Congress.
In a statement, the governor justified dissolving the assembly citing reports of extensive horse trading.
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Nov 22, 2018 14:19 (IST)
"Legally, we don't have a case to make. As I don't have a document on which to claim that the governor ignored what we had to say. My conversation was with the PDP. It is for the PDP to decide whether it wants to take legal recourse," says National Conference leader Omar Abdullah.
Nov 22, 2018 13:27 (IST)
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley says in today's Cabinet meeting, the issue (Jammu and Kashmir assembly dissolution) was not an agenda for discussion, but the Cabinet was briefed about it.
Nov 22, 2018 12:52 (IST)
"How can Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti, who never saw eye-to-eye, come together and form an alliance all of a sudden?" asks Jammu and Kashmir BJP chief Ravinder Raina.
Nov 22, 2018 12:26 (IST)
"It is unfortunate that a senior BJP leader has said we have got instructions from Pakistan. I challenge Ram Madhav and his associates to prove this with evidence. You are disrespecting sacrifices of my colleagues who refused to dance at Pakistan's instructions and then died," says Omar Abdullah.