BJP surprises PDP by pulling out, had a huddle with RSS leaders days earlier (IE)Days after its leadership had a huddle with the RSS, the BJP Tuesday pulled out of the Mehbooba Mufti-led coalition government in Srinagar, paving the way for Governor’s rule in the state by citing “the larger national interest” and the “deteriorating security situation”. Blaming the PDP for the fall of the alliance government, BJP general secretary Ram Madhav, in the presence of the party’s J&K leaders, told reporters in New Delhi that “continuance in the government had become untenable… responsibility for this kind of scenario lies with the other side”.
“Keeping in mind the larger national interest of India’s integrity and security, keeping in mind the fact that Jammu and Kashmir is an integral part of India, in order to bring control over the situation prevailing in the state, we have decided that it is time the reins of power in the state be handed over to the Governor,” Ram…
