Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satyapal Malik dissolved the State Assembly last evening after rival alliances led by&nbsp; PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti and People's Conference leader Sajjad Lone staked claim to form the government.&nbsp;<br />''<br />''Meanwhile, Jammu and Kashmir Governor&nbsp; Satya Pal Malik today said that formation of a stable new government in the state was an &quot;impossibility&quot; as parties with opposing political ideologies &quot;including some which have been demanding the dissolution of the Assembly&quot; were coming together.&nbsp;<br />''<br />''He termed such an alliance as &quot;an attempt to gain power rather than to form a responsive government. In an exclusive interview to ANI and DD News, Governor Malik said that he had been receiving complaints about the past 15 days of horse trading &amp; that MLAs were being threatened. He defended his decision to dissolve the state assembly and said that the Election Commission will decide when polls will be held in the state.<br />''<br />''<br />''Governor Malik said that PDP Chief and former J&amp;K Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti herself complained that her MLAs were being threatened while other party said there was planning of distribution of money.&nbsp; Malik said that he could not have allowed this to happen and hence was left with no alternative but to dissolve the&nbsp; State Assembly.&nbsp;<br />''<br />''<br />''J&amp;K Governor said that whatever he did was in the interest of the common people of J&amp;K State. He said that when these parties having opposing political ideologies saw things slipping out of their hands, they came up with an unholy alliance to form a government which would never have been stable.&nbsp;<br />''<br />''<br />''<span style="color: #222222;">Meanwhile, the core group meeting of the state unit of&nbsp; Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is underway in Jammu wherein the party leaders&nbsp;are discussing the future strategy in the wake of the dissolution of State assembly. BJP state President&nbsp; Ravinder Raina has said that party is in favour of holding&nbsp; Assembly elections in the State along with parliamentary elections.&nbsp;</span>
News On AIR | November 22, 2018 1:23 PM
J&K Assembly dissolved after rival alliances stake claim to form govt