{"id":307319,"date":"2018-12-19T05:47:09","date_gmt":"2018-12-19T05:47:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=307319"},"modified":"2018-12-19T05:47:09","modified_gmt":"2018-12-19T05:47:09","slug":"presidents-rule-to-be-imposed-in-jammu-and-kashmir-from-december-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/presidents-rule-to-be-imposed-in-jammu-and-kashmir-from-december-20\/","title":{"rendered":"President&#8217;s rule to be imposed in Jammu and Kashmir from December 20"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/president-ram-nath-kovind-dismisses-plea-to-disqualify-27-aap-mlas\/kovind-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-304676\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-304676 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/kovind-293x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"643\" height=\"659\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/10\/kovind-293x300.jpg 293w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/10\/kovind-356x364.jpg 356w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/10\/kovind-410x420.jpg 410w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/10\/kovind.jpg 434w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 643px) 100vw, 643px\" \/><\/a>President&#8217;s rule\u00a0is set to be imposed in\u00a0Jammu\u00a0and Kashmir from December 20, as the Governor&#8217;s rule expires in the state on December 19, said government sources.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">According to the sources, the Centre is\u00a0learnt\u00a0to have recommended\u00a0President&#8217;s rule\u00a0after a report by\u00a0Governor\u00a0Satya Pal Malik, officials said on Tuesday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Governor Malik had earlier recommended the government to impose President&#8217;s rule in the state after the expiry of six-months of Governor&#8217;s rule on December 19, officials said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">A communication from the governor&#8217;s office had been sent to the Union Home Ministry which was taken up by the Union cabinet for its nod, officials added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">As per the officials, President\u00a0Ram Nath Kovind\u00a0will have to issue a proclamation which declares that the powers of the legislature of the state shall be exercisable by or under the authority of Parliament.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The state plunged into a political crisis in June 2018, after the Mehbooba Mufti-led coalition government was reduced to\u00a0minority\u00a0following withdrawal of support by the 25-member BJP in the state.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The governor has to dissolve the Legislative Assembly after the period of six months is over and the state then directly comes under the President&#8217;s rule for another six months after which elections have to be held in the state.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">If elections are not declared, President Rule will be can be extended by another six months.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">On November 21, Malik had dissolved the 87-member state assembly after the PDP, supported by the\u00a0Congress\u00a0and their\u00a0arch rivals\u00a0National Conference, had staked their claim to form the government. Simultaneously, the two-member People&#8217;s Conference led by\u00a0Sajjad Lone\u00a0had also staked his claim to form a government.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President&#8217;s rule\u00a0is set to be imposed in\u00a0Jammu\u00a0and Kashmir from December 20, as the Governor&#8217;s rule expires in the state on December 19, said government sources. According to the sources, the Centre is\u00a0learnt\u00a0to have recommended\u00a0President&#8217;s rule\u00a0after a report by\u00a0Governor\u00a0Satya Pal Malik, officials said on Tuesday. Governor Malik had earlier recommended the government to impose President&#8217;s rule [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":304676,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2016,2009,2014],"tags":[1141,10343,1452,4366],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307319"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=307319"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307319\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":307320,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307319\/revisions\/307320"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/304676"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=307319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=307319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=307319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}