The BJP-PDP government in Jammu and Kashmir: A timeline

A timeline of political developments in Jammu and Kashmir since assembly elections in 2014 and the PDP-BJP alliance assuming power.

Jammu: In this file photo dated April 2, 2017, India Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, Mehbooba Mufti during a public rally. PTI Photo

NEW DELHI: A timeline of political developments in Jammu and Kashmir since assembly elections in 2014 and the PDP-BJP alliance assuming power.

• December 28, 2014: Results of assembly polls declared, verdict hung. PDP gets 28 seats, BJP 25, NC 15 and Congress 12 in the 87-member assembly.
• December 28: Governor's rule imposed in JK.
• PDP and BJP hold talks for an alliance. Consultations take two months for finalising common minimum programme the Agenda of Alliance.
• March 1, 2015: Mufti Mohammad Sayeed sworn in as the chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir for the second time. Governor's rule ends.
• January 7, 2016: Mufti Mohammad Sayeed dies of illness at AIIMS, New Delhi.
• January 8, 2016: Governor's rule imposed again as PDP-BJP fail to come to an arrangement for continuing the alliance.
• PDP expresses reservations on the implementation of the agenda of alliance, shows reluctance to lead the government. Governor's rule continues.
• March 22: Mehbooba Mufti meets Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi. After the meeting, announces she is satisfied with the assurances from the Centre.
• April 4: Mehbooba Mufti takes oath as the first woman chief minister of the state. Governor's rule ends.
• April 5: Crisis erupts in National Institute of Technology Srinagar where local students clash with non-local students following a cricket match between India and Pakistan.
• July 8: Hizbul Mujahideen 'commander' Burhan Wani killed in an encounter with security forces in Kokernag area of south Kashmir's Anantnag district.
• PDP-BJP differ over the killing of Wani as it leads to violent protests resulting in the death of over 85 people.
• May 9, 2018: Mehbooba Mufti calls all-party meeting in the wake of rise in civilian killings during clashes near encounter sites. After the meeting, the chief minister calls for a Ramzan ceasefire on the pattern of one announced during the tenure of the then Prime Minister A B Vajpayee in 2003. BJP leader and deputy chief minister Kavinder Gupta opposes the idea.
• May 17: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh announces month-long suspension of operations in Jammu and Kashmir.
• June 17: Rajnath Singh announces Centre's decision not to extend the unilateral ceasefire, saying counter-terror operations will resume in the valley in the wake of increase in militancy related incidents during the ceasefire period.
• June 18: All BJP ministers summoned to Delhi by the party high command.
• June 19: BJP pulls out of its coalition government with the PDP. Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti tenders resignation. State heading towards Governor's rule again.