Kathua fallout? BJP asks its J&K ministers to resign from Mufti's Cabinet

The BJP has been under pressure ever since Lal Singh and Chander Prakash Ganga - took part in a rally in support of those who raped and murdered a girl in Kathua

The BJP on Tuesday asked all its nine ministers in Jammu and Kashmir to submit their resignations to enable the party to bring in new faces in the two-year-old Mehbooba Mufti cabinet, party leaders said. The BJP has been under pressure ever since two of its ministers -- Lal Singh and Chander Prakash Ganga -- took part in a rally in support of those accused in the rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl in Kathua. The two ministers subsequently resigned. The BJP leaders said the party wants to bring in new faces in the cabinet and work for the