Local Congress leaders said party leader Rahul Gandhi is mediating between Farooq Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti-led parties in a bid to save the alliance
However, the ECI cited “additional security requirements” for not holding concurrent assembly elections in the union territory. The last elected government of the BJP and the PDP fell apart on June 19, 2018, after the former parted ways with the PDP citing worsening security scenario.