New Delhi, Nov 23 (ANI): Jammu and Kashmir People’s Conference chairman Sajjad Lone on Friday asserted that he staked claim to form the government in the state as he possesses the required number of legislators in the Assembly. In a bid to counter the move to form a government by Congress- Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)-National Conference (NC), Lone on Wednesday staked claim to form a government in the state with the support of the 25-legislator strong Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and more than 18 other lawmakers. A political tussle broke out in Jammu and Kashmir soon after Governor Satya Pal Malik suddenly dissolved the state assembly on Wednesday. Malik dissolved the assembly hours after PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti and BJP ally Sajjad Lone of the People’s Conference staked claim to form a government in the state. Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba had attacked Malik for dissolving the assembly shortly after she wrote a letter to him staking claim to form the government in alliance with the NC and Congress. Earlier on Wednesday, the PDP, NC, and Congress confirmed their alliance in a bid to preserve the state’s special status (Article 370). Political drama began in the Valley after the BJP pulled out of its alliance with the PDP citing examples of growing acts of “terrorism, violence, and radicalisation” in the state over the past few years.
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