Jammu & Kashmir: All BJP Ministers Resign From Mehbooba Mufti Government

Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti accepted the resignations of two BJP ministers who supported the people arrested in connection with the Kathua rape case

Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti accepted the resignations of two BJP ministers who supported the people arrested in connection with the Kathua rape case

The report said senior BJP leader Ram Madhav, who is also the party's incharge for Jammu and Kashmir, is now in Moscow while party's president Amit Shah is busy in Karnataka.

The BJP dissociated itself from Singh's rally.

Sethi said if anybody has grievances, he is free to go to the court. "Even Prime Minister Narendra Modi termed the incident shameful and sought punishment to the guilty", she said. J&K CM Mehbooba Mufti while condemning attempts to support the accused and demonstrations in their favour, did not look to assure sentiments in Jammu that the probe in the case will be fair.

The resignations of Lal Singh and Chander Prakash Ganga were received from BJP state chief Sat Sharma this morning which were immediately accepted and forwarded to Governor N N Vohra for completing the procedural formalities, they said.

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Reports inform KNS that the Chief Minister has on Sunday dispatched the resignation letters of Forest Minister Lal Singh and Industries Minister CP Ganga to Raj Bhavan for information. "If she has wisdom and conscience, she should resign", Singh told reporters here.

CM said Jammuites during the "toughest phases of past thirty years or so stood up for the tolerant values for which the State has been known since ages".

"Our fight is for justice, which will be done only by identifying the real culprits", he said, while criticizing Kashmir media that played a crucial role in exposing the accused.

Asked about his decision to resign from the state government, Singh blamed the media for "creating a perception" and forcing him to quit. We, the Dogras of Jammu were projected as pro-rapists. We did not want any riots be held in our country so we resigned. JK Police identified eight "protesting" lawyers Jammu and Kashmir Police have identified eight lawyers, who had allegedly tried to prevent crime branch officials from filing a charge sheet against the eight accused in case. He said that people will benefit from this opportunity to interact with the President and learn from his vast experience. "I will stay with the BJP". BJP national general secretary Ram Madhav, co-architect of Agenda of Alliance, a working document between the two coalition partners, will visit Jammu to overlook the process of reshuffle and induction of new faces. "Had a BJP leader holding Home Department, then I would have complained to the party", he added.

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