BJP claims very important milestone in the only Muslim majority state of the country.
The right-wing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has become the single largest party in Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Council. This is the first time the BJP has achieved this milestone in the only Muslim majority state of the country.
The regional party’s membership in assembly came down to 10 after one of its Jammu based MLC (Member of Legislative Council) resigned. The BJP and its alliance party Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) had 11 members each in the Upper House till now.
It may take PDP a few more weeks to equalize the number of seats held by its alliance partner, but till then the BJP will carry the distinction being the single largest party in the ‘House of Elders.’ The existing strength of the J&K Upper House is 33.
The opposition National Conference and Congress have six members each. In the 36-member house, three seats, including the seat of the scion of the former royal family of Jammu & Kashmir, Vikramaditya Singh, who recently resigned from PDP.
In 2014 elections, the BJP’s ‘Mission 44’ in J&K may have failed, but the party has established itself as a powerhouse in the state politics, pulls the Congress into fourth place.
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