Jammu and Kashmir: After BJP ends alliance with PDP, Mehbooba Mufti resigns as chief minister of the state; press meet at 4 pm

We will talk in detail at 5pm, meanwhile she (Mehbooba Mufti) has submitted her resignation (as J&K CM) to the Governor: Naeem Akhtar, PDP pic.twitter.com/w8vNI6XeRw

— ANI (@ANI) June 19, 2018

The decision came after BJP president Amit Shah met with the party's lawmakers from Jammu and Kashmir in Delhi.

We can only put our heads together & discuss in the party meeting at 4 pm, says Rafi Ahmad Mir, PDP Spokesperson on reasons why BJP pulled out of alliance with them in J&K

According to reports, the rift between the two parties widened following the central government's decision to resume anti-terror operations in the state after Ramzan.

We have taken a decision, it is untenable for BJP to continue in alliance with PDP in Jammu & Kashmir, hence we are withdrawing, says BJP lawmaker Ram Madhav in a press conference.

While, Congress leader, Gulam Nabi Azad on allaince with PDP says, 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.

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