Day Of Chaos: Who Wins, Who Loses?

SRINAGAR — In fast-paced developments, PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday evening wrote a letter to the Governor to stake claim to form the government in alliance with the NC and Congress in the state. 

Moments later Sajad Lone of Peoples Conference also staked claim to form the government in the state. 

But within an hour, the Governor issued a notification dissolving the state assembly. 

Governor’s rule was enforced on June 19 for a six-months period after the BJP yanked support for the Mehbooba government. The state assembly was also kept in suspended animation so that political parties could explore the possibility of forming a new government.

Both the PDP and NC were demanding dissolution of the assembly, however, the Governor had refused to act till now. 

PDP chief took to Twitter and said she had never thought that the idea of a grand coalition would give such “jitters” and would help in achieving the “seemingly impossible”, apparently referring to the dissolution of the assembly.

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NC chief Omar Abdullah responded to Mehbooba in a Tweet:  “I never thought I’d be retweeting anything you said while agreeing with you. Politics truly is a strange world. Good luck for the battle ahead. Once again the wisdom of the people will prevail.”

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BJP and PC were trying to break PDP and now everything is over, quipped a PDP leader adding both the PDP and NC don’t have much to lose as it will stop the alleged “horse-trading” of their party members by the BJP backed People’s Conference.