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| Governor’s rule likely today | | Vohra sends situation report to Delhi | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | July 8
With everyone waiting for a formal announcement, Jammu and Kashmir was today clearly headed for the Governor’s rule as no party has shown any interest in staking claim for the next government formation. Chances of keeping Ghulam Nabi Azad as caretaker Chief Minister too appeared grim. Once the Governor NN Vohra announces the taking over of situation by his office, this will be the fourth time when Jammu and Kashmir comes under the direct rule.
Highly placed sources said that after consultations with the leaders of various parties, the Governor has sent a report to the central government for a final view on the future course of action.
Governor N N Vohra held consultations with leaders of major political parties yesterday on the latest political development in the state, Raj Bhawan sources said. With none of the parties willing to stake claim to form government, the state is heading for Governor's rule, they said.
Omar Abdullah, president of the National Conference, the single largest party in the state assembly, informed the Governor that his party did not want to form government.
The People's Democratic Party, whose decision to pull out of the ruling coalition over the Amarnath land row resulted in the resignation of the Azad government, is also not keen to form government.
It has ruled tie-up with any other political party for this purpose, the sources said.
This has left the Governor with little choice but to take over affairs of the state, the sources said.
Vohra has sent a detailed report to the Centre on the latest political situation in the state and the Governor's rule is likely to be imposed in the next two days, they said.
The state came under Governor's rule for the first time in 1977 when the Congress withdrew support to the minority government of Shiekh Mohammad Abdullah.
However, elections were held within three months and Abdullah was voted back to power. In 1986, Raj Bhawan again took over reins of the state after the Congress pulled the rug from under the feet of minorty Awami National Conference government led by Ghulam Mohammad Shah.
The Governor's rule, lasting six months, was followed by the President's rule in the state for the first time as no party staked claim to form government nor elections were held.
The President's rule came to an end two months later when then Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and Farooq Abdullah sewed up an alliance to form a Congress-National Conference government.
Farooq Abdullah resigned as Chief Minister on January 19, 1990 to protest the appointment of Jagmohan as Governor for a second term, placing the state under Raj Bhawan rule for the third time.
Abdullah stoutly opposed Jagmohan alleging he had acted in a partisan manner during the political crisis in the state in 1984 when he sacked his government after the defection of 12 MLAs.
However, this time the Governor's rule was followed by the President's rule for six years due to eruption of militancy in the state. A popular government was formed in 1996 when Abdullah's National Conference returned to power with two-thirds majority in the elections marred by violence and low voter turnout. Elections in the state are due in October this year as the term of the current assembly ends on November two. |
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