BJP tried to break PDP by pressuring members to quit party: Satyapal
New Delhi: Former Governor of Indian illegally occupied Jammu Kashmir Satyapal Malik has said that Bharatiya Janata Party tried to break the People’s Democratic Party by pressurising the members to quit the party.
In a media interview in New Delhi, Malik said that his decision to dissolve the assembly was an attempt to stop any horse-trading. Though he admitted that Mehbooba Mufti had the majority, he said that “several parties were keen that the assembly should be dissolved because they feared that their party members would be weaned away in an attempt of horse-trading. There was increasing threat…….. which is why I dissolved the assembly”.
“My own assessment is that they (BJP) wanted that I should invite (Sajad) Lone to form the government. I asked Lone. He didn’t have even six MLAs. But he said that if you let me take over, I can provide you the majority in one week…… I sensed there would be major horse-trading if I allowed that. I told him, this is not my job and I will not do it.”
He said that he was unaware that it was not within his power to dissolve the assembly of Jammu Kashmir.
