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| India-Pakistan |
| J&K under governor's rule |
| 2008-07-12 |
| SRINAGAR - Jammu and Kashmir was placed under governor's rule from Thursday night, days after Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad resigned without facing a floor test as directed by Governor Narendra Nath Vohra. Since Jammu and Kashmir has its own Constitution, the governor, late on Thursday night issued a proclamation exercising powers vested in him. He assumed, with immediate effect, all functions of the government in the state and all powers “exercisable by anybody or authority in the state other than the powers in or exercisable by the high court’’. He also dissolved the state legislative assembly. A Raj Bhavan spokesperson said, “After the acceptance of resignations of the Chief Minister Azad and his Council of Ministers, the governor initiated a consultative process and met leaders of various political parties and groups in the assembly.’’ |
| Posted by:Steve White |