Srinagar/New Delhi: There has been no government in Jammu and Kashmir for the last 24 days since the demise of chief minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed. The state unit of Bharatiya Janata Party met party President Amit Shah to chalk out a strategy as the ally Peoples Democratic Party keeps the party guessing.
BJP General Secretary Ram Madhav has said that the PDP has posed no conditions before the BJP and the party aims to follow the common minimum program set out by Mufti Sayeed and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
"No condition has been put to us. Mehbooba Mufti is not opening her cards and you all want BJP to open the cards. We have to follow the CMP (common minimum programme) and our aim is to run the government as per the understanding of the Prime Minister and Mufti Saab. We want to run the government for the people of Jammu and Kashmir," said Madhav.
Meanwhile, PDP MLAs have authorised Mehbooba Mufti to present the party's view to the Governor NN Vohra on Tuesday. PDP sources have said that the party feels they must re-examine the alliance and see if it is working effectively for the state.
The agenda for governance is already in place and there is no question of coming under "any pressure", BJP leaders said. The party feels that there is nothing left from their side and the call is to be taken by Mehbooba on continuing the roadmap laid by her late father.
BJP leaders said the party is committed to the welfare and development of Jammu and Kashmir and would stand by the common minimum programme chalked out when they put in place a coalition government led by Mufti Sayeed in March 2015.
The political crisis in Jammu and Kashmir arose after Mufti died on January 7.
His daughter Mehbooba had said on Sunday that before taking a call on continuing the alliance, she wants to "reassess" whether the Narendra Modi government would take substantive steps within a "set timeframe" to address the "core" political and economic issues of the state.
The BJP core group earlier met in Jammu this morning and discussed the issues amongst themselves. The leaders have since arrived in Delhi and hold further consultations with party chief Amit Shah and other top leaders. They are to meet Vohra on Tuesday.
State BJP chief Sat Sharma earlier said there was "no concrete" demand or condition from PDP in writing. He said his party is committed to the implementation of "Agenda of Alliance" and will address any issues that its ally PDP may have.
He said development has taken place in the state in the past few months under the 'Agenda of Alliance', a vision of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Mufti Mohammed Sayeed's to take Jammu and Kashmir forward. He also promised speeding up of the developmental work in the state.
The Governor has written to leaders of the two parties asking them to clarify their stand on government formation by tomorrow. The parties had run a coalition government for 10 months till January 7.
PDP, with 27 MLAs in the 87-member Assembly and BJP with 25 legislators, ran a coalition government headed by Mufti Sayeed for 10 months before his demise on January 7.
(With additional information from PTI)
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