Mehbooba Mufti resigned as the Jammu and Kashmir chief minister on Tuesday after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) broke its alliance with People's Democratic Party (PDP) in Jammu and Kashmir.

The three reasons cited by BJP to end the alliance with PDP, as per CNN-News18, are as follows - the recent killing of the Rising Kashmir Editor Shujaat Bukhari, Indian Army soldier Aurangzeb's murder by terrorists and the freedom of the press in the state.

First Published:Jun 20, 2018 8:37 AM IST