BJP ends alliance with PDP in Jammu and Kashmir, Mehbooba Mufti resigns

The two-year-old Mehbooba Mufti-led government in Jammu and Kashmir fell on Tuesday, after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) pulled out of its alliance with the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and withdrew support to the government.

With the National Conference (NC) and the Congress ruling out efforts to form a government, the state is headed for governor’s rule. Mufti also said her party would not enter into an alliance with any other party to form the government.

The BJP said it favoured governor’s rule, and its ministers have submitted their resignations. If governor’s rule is imposed in the state, it will