Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti accepted the resignations of two BJP ministers who supported the people arrested in connection with the Kathua rape case. The resignations of Singh and Ganga were received from BJP state chief Sat Sharma earlier in the day which were immediately accepted and forwarded to governor N.N. With these resignations, the number of ministers in the state government has come down to 22, including nine from the BJP. There are three vacancies in the council of ministers as the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) had last month removed its finance minister Haseeb Drabu unceremoniously, the officials mentioned above said. Both the ministers had earlier said that they had been sent by the party to Kathua to understand the ground situation.

Source: Mint April 15, 2018 18:45 UTC