Ruling Coalition Collapses in Kashmir

Chief minister quits in troubled Indian state after Modi’s ruling party pulls out amid increasing violence

NEW DELHI—A fragile coalition in Jammu and Kashmir collapsed, putting the troubled northern Indian state on a path toward central-government rule.

The state’s chief minister, Mehbooba Mufti, resigned on Tuesday after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party said it was withdrawing from the alliance it formed with Ms. Mufti’s Peoples Democratic Party in 2015.

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