Centre may appoint new J-K governor after Amarnath yatra

ANI  |  Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir) [India] 

Former deputy of on Wednesday said the Centre may appoint a new in the state after the yatra.

The yatra, which starts on June 28, will continue for two months.

Currently, N N Vohra, who was appointed as a in the state in June 2008 and was given a fresh term in 2013, is among the few governors appointed by the to have continued in his position in the BJP-led NDA dispensation.

Gupta further stated that no new government will be formed anytime soon in and

The (BJP) is working on something in connection with the ongoing issue in and Kashmir, the former deputy added.

"I don't think a new government will be formed anytime soon. Uncertainties are there, but we are working on something and people will get to know about it," he said.

Earlier in the day, approved the imposition of Governor's rule in Jammu and Kashmir, with an immediate effect.

Yesterday, Narinder Nath forwarded his report to the of for the imposition of Governor's Rule under Section 92 of the Constitution.

This came after resigned as Jammu and Kashmir's following the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) exit from its alliance with the Party (PDP) in the state.

Mufti said that the basic motive of the alliance was "reconciliation, dialogue with the people of Kashmir, promoting confidence-building measures and good relationships with "

The BJP's decision apparently came after its chief held a meeting with the party's cabinet ministers.

Citing examples of the growing acts of "terrorism, violence and radicalisation" in the state over the past few years, BJP Ram Madhav, while addressing a press conference in the capital, said that the party was left with no other option, but to discontinue its alliance with the PDP.

The BJP and PDP formed a coalition government in 2015 after the state elections threw up a hung assembly. However, both of them were ideologically divided on a variety of issues.

The BJP had 25 seats in the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly, while the PDP had 28.

This will be the fourth time in the last 10 years that a Governor's rule is imposed in Jammu and Kashmir.

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First Published: Wed, June 20 2018. 11:22 IST