Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh said that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has no role in the dissolution of Jammu and Kashmir Assembly by the Governor Satya Pal Malik.

 A bitter war of words broke out over the abrupt dissolution of Jammu and Kashmir assembly with the Governor being pilloried by the PDP, NC and Congress for citing their "ideological differences" in stalling their bid to form a government and a furious Omar Abdullah daring BJP leader Ram Madhav to prove his charge his party joined hands with arch rival PDP at the behest of Pakistan.

The BJP has no role. It is unfortunate that some section is trying to drag the BJP into this, Singh told Hindustan Times.

Singh also backed Governor Malik and said that he took the decision after considering the political situation there.

“The governor of J&K took the decision after considering the political situation there; he reached to a conclusion that government formation was not possible in the state,” Singh said.

The minister also questioned Mufti’s claim of having secured the support of the Congress. “Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad has made a statement that suggests his party had not supported PDP’s bid to form the government. Why did he make that statement if Mufti was right,” Singh asked.

Meanwhile,  rejecting suggestions he took the decision at the behest of the Centre, Malik said that he took the decision as per the Constitution of Jammu and Kashmir. "There is a mechanism that I do not have to look towards New Delhi or move to Parliament or seek permisson from the president. I just had to inform them."

"For the past 15 to 20 days, I have been getting reports of large-scale horse trading. MLAs are being threatened and several types of underhand dealings are going on," Malik said.

The Congress has demanded that elections be held in the state as early as possible to "restore" democracy, as it termed the Governor's rule in the state as 'Modi rule'.

Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala termed the Governor's rule in the state as a "de facto Modi rule".

The Governor abruptly dissolved the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly Wednesday night, hours after the PDP staked claim to form a government with the backing of rival NC and the Congress.

This was followed by another bid from the two-member People's Conference which claimed the support of the BJP and 18 legislators from other parties.

The Election Commission said fresh elections in Jammu and Kashmir would be held within the next six months even as it did not rule out the possibility of holding polls there before the Lok Sabha polls due next year.