BJP ministers quit for J&K reshuffle |
Majing the way for a Cabinet reshuffle in Jammu and Kashmir, all BJP ministers in the PDP-BJP government, barring Deputy Chief Minister Nirmal Singh, have resigned. One of the former ministers said on condition of anonymity that there is no question of pulling out of the Mehbooba Mufti-led government. Sources said the resignations were submitted to the party`s state present, Sat Sharma, when BJP national general secretary Ram Madhav had visited Jammu for consultations with senior party leaders and legislators before deciding on the resignation of then ministers Chander Parkash Ganga and Choudhary Lal Singh over their purported stand in the Kathua gangrape and murder probe. Announcing the party`s decision to forward resignations of Ganga and Lal Singh to Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti, Madhav had said that there is no threat to the coalition. The BJP has six Cabinet-rank ministers and three ministers of state in the 22-member council of ministers led by Mehbooba. Sajad Gani Lone of People`s Conference is also in the cabinet from the BJP quota.
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