President Ram Nath Kovind approves Governor's rule in Jammu and Kashmir

A day after BJP pulled out of its alliance with PDP, the state of Jammu and kashmir has come under Governor's rule with immediate effect.

Last evening, Governor NN Vohra had forwarded a report to President Kovind for imposing Governor's rule in J&K under Section 92 of the Constitution, after holding widespread consultation with all the political parties. This will be the fourth time in the last 10 years that a Governor's rule is imposed in Jammu and Kashmir.

The BJP's decision to beak away from the alliance apparently came after its chief Amit Shah held a meeting with the party's Jammu and Kashmir cabinet ministers in Delhi yesterday.


Both the parties had 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 81-year-old governor, NN Vohra will now be running the state for a fourth time since his appointment in 2008.


"The governor received a letter by fax, jointly signed by Ravinder Raina and Kavinder Gupta, state BJP president and leader of BJP Legislature Party respectively, about withdrawing BJP's support to the coalition government," a Raj Bhawan spokesperson said.

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