Mulfi unlikely to meet BJP leaders in Delhi today

Mangalore Today News Network

Srinagar, December 27, 2014:  PDP patron Mufti Mohammad Sayeed is unlikely to visit Delhi on Saturday to meet top BJP leaders over the possibility of jointly forming a government in Jammu and Kashmir, said party sources.

Talks between the BJP and the PDP are in a standstill mode as negotiations entered the fourth day for a deal on Saturday. The negotiations are expected to take some more days.
PDP sources said that before Mufti Mohammad Sayeed meets senior BJP leaders, both parties have to do some groundwork.

*What PDP wants from the BJP
 
The PDP wants a common minimum programme with the BJP, similar to the accord it made with the Congress in 2002. PDP also wants Sayeed as Chief Minister for six years, the way
Congress allowed Omar Abdullah to be the chief minister after the 2008 elections.

PDP also open to alliance with NC

The PDP, which emerged as the single largest party after the Assembly elections threw a fractured verdict, has also said that it may consider an offer of support by the National Conference if it gives that in writing.

"The National Conference should communicate the word of support through right channels. Give a written support offer and then we will take it up," a top source in the PDP told Headlines Today on Friday. The response from the PDP came after former chief minister Omar Abdullah said on Friday that his National Conference had offered support to the PDP for government formation but not given any written commitment.

"Looks like PDP (Peoples Democratic Party) is playing mind games with the BJP (by) leaking about a letter of (National Conference) support that doesn’t exist," Abdullah tweeted. "Only a verbal offer conveyed," he said.

The development came amid a mini-revolt within the National Conference over reports that it was planning a tie up with the Bharatiya Janata Party to form a coalition government.

National Conference MLA from central Kashmir’s Badgam seat, Syed Ruhullah, said any truck with the BJP would be against the interests of the people of Kashmir and the
NC.

Governor sends invitation to PDP and BJP

Governor N.N. Vohra has invited both the PDP and the BJP to forward their plans for government formation, even as the two parties hold parleys to reach the magic figure of 44 in the 87-member Assembly.

The BJP won 25 seats while the National Conference won 15 seats in the 87-member Jammu and Kashmir Assembly. The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) emerged as the single largest party with 28 seats while the Congress tally was 12. Seven seats were won by other parties and independents.

Courtesy: Indiatoday