Politicians react to split in BJP-PDP alliance in Jammu and Kashmir
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national president Amit Shah called an emergency meeting in Delhi with Jammu and Kashmir ministers on Tuesday, it was speculated that he would discuss their future strategy with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). And The BJP chief decided to pull out of the coalition government in the state and break its alliance with the PDP.
BJP national general secretary and in-charge of Jammu and Kashmir, Ram Madhav, made the announcement at a press conference in New Delhi. Soon after, chief minister Mehbooba Mufti resigned and sent her resignation letter to Governor of Jammu and Kashmir NN Vohra. Reports said she had cancelled all the meetings she had scheduled for the day since getting a whiff of the BJP’s decision on Tuesday morning.
Reactions from politicians and other stakeholders started pouring in even before Madhav ended the press conference. Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah was one of the first to react to the news of the split. “I wish Mehbooba Mufti had gone with some dignity rather than having the rug pulled out from under her feet,” Abdullah said, adding that he was not shocked by the BJP’s decision but by its timing.
An opportunistic BJP
First an opportunistic alliance with PDP
Now an opportunistic breakawayBoth acts of political immorality
Kaise Desh badlega ?
— Kapil Sibal (@KapilSibal) June 19, 2018
And so it has come to pass……..
— Omar Abdullah (@OmarAbdullah) June 19, 2018
Whatever has happened is good. People of J&K will get some relief. They (BJP) ruined Kashmir & have now pulled out, maximum number of civilian & army men died during these 3 years. That question does not arise (on forming alliance with PDP): GN Azad, Congress pic.twitter.com/rcfVelHdnT
— ANI (@ANI) June 19, 2018
We tried our best to run the govt with BJP. This had to happen. This is a surprise for us because we did not have any indication about their decision: Rafi Ahmad Mir, PDP Spokesperson on BJP pulling out of an alliance with PDP in #JammuAndKashmir pic.twitter.com/6laodyNY97
— ANI (@ANI) June 19, 2018
After ruining it, BJP pulls out of Kashmir
— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) June 19, 2018
This alliance was anti-national & unnatural. Our party chief had said, this alliance won’t work out. Had they continued with it they would have had to answer in 2019 Lok Sabha election: Sanjay Raut, Shiv Sena on BJP calling off their alliance with PDP in #JammuAndKashmir pic.twitter.com/s2JVACZqxz
— ANI (@ANI) June 19, 2018
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