<h1>President's rule seen as admission of governance failure; opposition urges transparent roadmap and all-party dialogue.</h1> Imposition of President's rule followed the chief minister's resignation and suspension of the assembly; opposition parties view this executive intervention as an admission of governance failure, criticise delays and lack of parliamentary transparency, and demand a clear roadmap including all-party consultations, negotiated measures to heal communal divisions, protection of democratic rights during central administration, and a timetable for restoring elected governance and holding elections.