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Nikhil Rampal worked as a Journalist for ThePrint. He has done his undergraduate studies in Economics from Panjab University, during which time he actively participated in student politics and debating. His areas of interest include public policy, finance, planning and development.
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If this is an accurate recital of facts, His Excellency has acted with sagacity. That the PDP, in conjunction with the Congress and the NC – limited to outside support – had a convincing majority is not in doubt. Two letters would have sufficed. There would have been no commerce, simply a political understanding, possibly of limited tenure. 2. However, for Shri Sajad Lone to become CM would have been a repeat of what happened with BSY in Karnataka. Kashmir’s anti defection law is stringent, so some very messy events may have been triggered. However, more than the challenge of constructing a majority, the real mess would have been the working of such a ramshackle arrangement. Not a propitious time to be so cynical at a difficult time for Kashmir, when even holding the Lok Sabha election will be a challenge.