A communication from Governor's office was sent to the Central government and subsequently it was moved to the Union Cabinet for its nod.
Kumar had earlier served in the Kashmir valley as Inspector General of BSF in 1998-2001 when the border guarding force was actively involved in the counter-militancy operations.
The BJP on Tuesday announced that it is walking out of the alliance with Mehbooba Mufti's People's Democratic Party (PDP) in Jammu and Kashmir.
The BJP on Tuesday announced that it is walking out of the alliance with Mehbooba Mufti's People's Democratic Party (PDP) in Jammu and Kashmir.
The Governor held discussions with Chief Secretary B B Vyas and identified the major tasks which shall require to be dealt with on a strict time-bound basis, beginning from Wednesday.
Talking to media today Army chief Gen Bipin Rawat rebuffed claims of any political interferance in the security force's actions in the Valley. "The imposing of Governor's rule will not affect our operations. Our operations will go on like they used to. We don't face any political interference."
Congress chief spokesperson Ravinder Sharma said the PDP-BJP government collapsed under its own weight.
Hitting back at the Congress leader for his remarks against BJP, Rijiju today claimed that while Saradar Vallabh Bhai Patel solved problems of all other states, Kashmir fell into trouble after Rahul Gandhi's grandfather Jawahar Lal Nehru took over.
Incidentally, Vohra has handled the responsibility thrice before during his 10-year tenure at the Governor of the militancy-hit state.
Soon after taking charge, Governor NN Vohra has called two crucial meeting at 11:30 am and 02:30 pm, which will include CRPF, Army and J&K Police officers. The agenda of the meeting is to prepare strategy for handling the growing menace of terrorism in the state.
Governor NN Vohra on Tuesday evening recommended to President Ram Nath Kovind to impose Governor's rule in state hours after he accepted the resignation of Mufti following the collapse of the coalition government in the state.
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