Click to play videoNew Delhi: Jammu & Kashmir has come under Governor's rule after the state Assembly was dissolved late on Thursday night.
Governor N N Vohra dissolved Jammu & Kashmir Assembly three days after Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad submitted his resignation.
The Governor issued a proclamation in exercise of powers conferred by Section 92 of the constitution of Jammu & Kashmir and assumed with immediate effect all the functions of the state government.
A spokesman said that after the acceptance of resignations of Azad and his council of ministers, the governor initiated a consultative process and met leaders of various political parties and groups in the Assembly to arrive at a firm assessment whether any of the parties or groups were inclined and could join hands to form a stable government.
He added that based on the conclusion that no group or party was in a position to or willing to form the government, Vohra sought the concurrence of the president of India for issuance of a proclamation to enforce the governor's rule.
Azad was forced to withdraw his confidence motion early this week. The government fell into trouble after PDP pulled out of the government last month over a row on the transfer of forestland to the Sri Amarnath Shrine Board.
The Assembly polls in the state are due in October and this is the fourth time in the history of Jammu & Kashmir that the state is coming under Governor's rule.
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