Guwahati: The Centre has issued a notification informing that the President’s rule has been revoked in Jammu and Kashmir before the formation of a new government in the union territory.
The Union Home Ministry issued a gazette notification to this effect on Sunday.
“In exercise of the powers conferred by section 73 of the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019 (34 of 2019) read with articles 239 and 239A of the Constitution of India, the Order dated the 31st October, 2019 in relation to the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir shall stand revoked immediately before the appointment of the Chief Minister under section 54 of the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019,” the notification signed by President Droupadi Murmu said.
In 2018, then President Ram Nath Kovind imposed President’s rule in the state after it had completed six months under Governor’s rule.
After 1996, it was the first time when the Central rule had been imposed in the militancy-hit state.
The assembly election in the union territory was conducted after a decade. The National Conference and Congress formed an alliance that emerged victorious in the J&K Assembly polls.
The alliance secured a total of 48 seats, with the National Conference playing a pivotal role in their success, while the Congress managed to win only six seats.
The Jammu and Kashmir assembly, consisting of ninety seats, witnessed a three-phase polling process.
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On October 31, 2019, following the official division of the former state of Jammu and Kashmir into two union territories – Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh – central rule was imposed in Jammu and Kashmir.
