JAMMU/NEW DELHI, Jan 9 � Governor�s Rule was imposed in Jammu and Kashmir today with PDP, which emerged as the single-largest party, and BJP failing to cobble up the required number to form the government, triggering a blame game among political parties, reports PTI.
The decision came a day after Governor NN Vohra submited his report to President Pranab Mukherjee, stating that Omar Abdullah had requested to be relieved of the post of being a caretaker Chief Minister.
The Governor�s report contained some suggestions, including the option of a spell of Governor�s Rule in the wake of no party getting the number required to form a government after the highly-fractured verdict in the Assembly elections, official sources said here.
After the election results were out on December 23, neither PDP, which emerged as the single largest party with 28 seats nor BJP with 25, could get the magic figure of 44 to stake claim to form a government. The NC has 15 MLAs and the Congress 12.
A blame game erupted today with Omar squarely blaming PDP patron Mufti Mohammed Sayeed for bringing the State under Governor�s Rule and accusing him of continuing the deadlock over government formation to get a full six-year term as Chief Minister.
