According to the reports, Jammu and Kashmir Governor,Satya Pal Malik again rejected allegations that his decision to dissolve the state Assembly was taken at the behest of the BJP-led Centre.
At an ITM University event in Gwalior, he said, “If I was following the Centre’s orders, I would have to make [People’s Conference leader Sajad] Lone chief minister.”
Malik said, “I would have gone down in history as a dishonest man. Those who insult me will continue to do so. I am convinced I had done the right thing.”
Malik further said, “Sajad [Lone] has the numbers. Delhi will obviously push for him to be CM.”
Malik also outrightly denied the claims that he had acted in a partisan manner and said that he had not received letters staking claim to form government from either PDP leader Mehbooba Mufti or Sajad Lone.
Mufti had said her fax to Malik had not been received yet.
Lone had tweeted that his party had WhatsApped a letter to the Malik since the fax [was] not working.
On this, Malik said, “You cannot just fax or tweet and form the government.”
He added, “I did not want any hanky panky, underhand… defection. Let them go to the polls, … I want the people to decide who they want to form the government.”