J&K governor invites PDP, BJP for talks
Governor has sent letters separately to PDP president and the State BJP chief for holding discussions on government-formation.
SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir Governor N.N. Vohra has called Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti, and its alliance partner BJP’s State unit president Sat Pal Sharma to Raj Bhavan in Jammu on Friday for parleys on government formation.
An official spokesman said in the winter capital that the Governor has sent letters separately to PDP president and the State BJP chief for holding discussions on the proposal for government-formation.
“Through separate communications, the Governor has intimated Ms Mufti and Mr Sharma to meet him on Friday. The meetings with the two leaders have been scheduled to be held separately,” the spokesman said.
This comes a day after the PDP president held a 30-minute-long meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi which seemingly ended deadlock over the government formation by the alliance partners. Ms Mufti termed the meeting as “very positive” and “good” in addressing issues pertaining to the people of the State.
She has convened PDP’s legislature party meeting here on Thursday to brief the members on the outcome of her latest round of talks.
Ms Mufti, the consensus candidate for the CM post, is also set to be elected PDP’s legislature party leader at Thursday’s meet in the run-up to the government formation in Jammu and Kashmir.