Jammu and Kashmir completed five years under central rule today – the second-longest period of Presidential rule in the country since Independence. Across India, Central rule has been imposed on states 125 times. Jammu and Kashmir has gone under direct Central rule eight times since 1977. It is also the place which had the longest stint of Central rule – over six years. The last assembly elections were held in 2014, which threw a fractured mandate. Mehbooba Mufti’s People’s Democratic Party and the BJP formed alliance after agreeing on a…
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