The Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday pulled out of the J&K Peoples Democratic Party-led coalition government in Jammu and Kashmir.

The decision comes within days of the Centre deciding not to extend the Ramzan ceasefire in the Valley. The Mehbooba Mufti-led J&K government has now been reduced to a minority and imposition of President’s Rule seems like a very strong possibility in the state.

Addressing a press conference in New Delhi, BJP national general secretary and in-charge of Jammu and Kashmir Ram Madhav said that the parties tried hard to maintain the alliance but it became untenable to follow through.