{"id":344280,"date":"2023-06-19T04:47:09","date_gmt":"2023-06-19T10:17:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=344280"},"modified":"2023-06-19T04:49:33","modified_gmt":"2023-06-19T10:19:33","slug":"jammu-and-kashmir-completes-five-years-under-central-rule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/jammu-and-kashmir-completes-five-years-under-central-rule\/","title":{"rendered":"Jammu and Kashmir completes five years under central rule"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"647\" height=\"404\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Jammu-and-Kashmir-completes-five-years-under-central-rule-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-344281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2023\/06\/Jammu-and-Kashmir-completes-five-years-under-central-rule-2.jpg 647w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2023\/06\/Jammu-and-Kashmir-completes-five-years-under-central-rule-2-300x187.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 647px) 100vw, 647px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It was on June 19, 2018, that the BJP withdrew support to the J&amp;K coalition government headed by the then Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti, paving the way for Governor\u2019s rule in the then state. Later, former J&amp;K Governor, Satya Pal Malik, dissolved the assembly in November.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over five years have passed since then, and there are no signs of the long-awaited assembly elections.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>J&amp;K has been under direct central rule for eight times since 1977.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following the abrogation of Jammu and Kashmir&#8217;s special status on August 5, 2019, the region was downgraded to a union territory. The position of the Governor was reduced to that of Lieutenant Governor.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, despite the subsequent delimitation of seats the union territory is still awaiting Assembly polls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The National Conference president Omar Abdullah has said that the BJP, fearing potential losses in both the Kashmir Valley and Jammu is intentionally postponing the elections.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They assert that the party seeks to extend its time in power to further its &#8220;nationalist agenda.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was on June 19, 2018, that the BJP withdrew support to the J&amp;K coalition government headed by the then Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti, paving the way for Governor\u2019s rule in the then state. Later, former J&amp;K Governor, Satya Pal Malik, dissolved the assembly in November. Over five years have passed since then, and there [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":344281,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[36],"tags":[16879,16086],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344280"}],"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\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=344280"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344280\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":344283,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344280\/revisions\/344283"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/344281"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=344280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=344280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=344280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}