Srinagar: After days of uncertainty over government formation in Jammu and Kashmir, Mehbooba Mufti has given the BJP a positive signal.
Ms Mufti has messaged her readiness to hold talks with BJP leader Ram Madhav any time this week.
The BJP's alliance with Ms Mufti is in limbo over the PDP leader's demand for time-bound confidence building measures and the implementing of the agenda of alliance that the two parties had agreed to when they joined hands to take power last year.
Sources told NDTV that on the BJP's request for a meeting, Ms Mufti conveyed that she was ready anytime after Monday, when the traditional 40th day prayer ceremony was held for her father. Local BJP leaders including former deputy Chief Minister Nirmal Singh visited the Muftis yesterday but there was no discussion on government formation.
The massive controversy at Delhi's Jawaharlal Nehru University over an event held in support of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru may cause discomfort to Ms Mufti. The central government is facing opposition criticism over the arrest of a student on sedition charges, for allegedly shouting anti-India slogans at that event.
The PDP has a strong view on Afzal Guru's hanging and used it to target rival National Conference in the 2014 election. Days after the execution, Mr Saeed wrote a strongly worded letter to then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh demanding that Afzal's remains be handed over.
Ms Mufti has messaged her readiness to hold talks with BJP leader Ram Madhav any time this week.
The BJP's alliance with Ms Mufti is in limbo over the PDP leader's demand for time-bound confidence building measures and the implementing of the agenda of alliance that the two parties had agreed to when they joined hands to take power last year.
Sources told NDTV that on the BJP's request for a meeting, Ms Mufti conveyed that she was ready anytime after Monday, when the traditional 40th day prayer ceremony was held for her father. Local BJP leaders including former deputy Chief Minister Nirmal Singh visited the Muftis yesterday but there was no discussion on government formation.
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The massive controversy at Delhi's Jawaharlal Nehru University over an event held in support of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru may cause discomfort to Ms Mufti. The central government is facing opposition criticism over the arrest of a student on sedition charges, for allegedly shouting anti-India slogans at that event.
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The PDP has a strong view on Afzal Guru's hanging and used it to target rival National Conference in the 2014 election. Days after the execution, Mr Saeed wrote a strongly worded letter to then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh demanding that Afzal's remains be handed over.
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