The Jammu & Kashmir state turns into Governor's rule once again as the President signed in the recommendation of union home ministry to impose governor's rule in the state. The Governor will take charge in Kashmir after three years.
The state was placed under Governor's rule a day after the BJP decided to ended its partnership with chief minister Mehbooba Mufti's People's Democratic Party (PDP).
BJP's decision to stay away from the PDP alliance is a determined move to make gains from the state in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. The BJP alleges that the lack of peace in the state is due to the unnecessary actions of PDP.
The centre had grudgingly gone along with Mehbooba Mufti's idea of a unilateral ceasefire for the month of Ramzan as a peace initiative. The union Home Ministry assesses that instead of letting up, terrorists backed by Pakistan, seized the chance to intensify attacks, reports NDTV.
The centre's refusal to extend the ceasefire was seen as the straw that broke an alliance already weighed down by the conflicting ideologies of alliance partners BJP and PDP.Over the past three years of the BJP-PDP rule, the rift widened amid disagreements over the handling of the aftermath of Hizbul-Mujahideen terrorist Burhan Wani's killing, the gang-rape and killing of an eight-year-old in Kathua and the Ramzan ceasefire, NDTV reported.
