This is with reference to “J&K can’t be treated like enemy state, not shocked by BJP move: Mufti” (June 20). The divorce between Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) proved those right who said that the alliance was ‘inorganic’ and ‘incompatible’ and doomed to fail. The President’s Rule in Jammu & Kashmir is bound to have political ramifications. Obviously, BJP’s motives for pulling the plug on its alliance were to placate its core voter base in Jammu and Ladakh and refurbish its image as a “nationalist” and “pro-Hindu” party with an eye on the 2019 General Elections.
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