SRINAGAR: Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti today described PDP’s alliance with BJP and the common minimum programme between the two parties as a “challenge” but said it was necessary for bringing out the State from the “morass”.
She told the Assembly that PDP had entered into an alliance with BJP to seek national reconciliation on political and economic challenges confronting the State amid her hopes that “leaders at the Centre have understood the ground realities in J&K and they want to improve the situation”, including in the context of revocation of controversial Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA).
Replying to a debate on the Motion of Thanks to Governor’s Address, the PDP chief said that after the hung verdict in the 2014 Assembly polls, her party had received offers of alliance from National Conference and Congress but these were rejected as it would have proved to be a “disaster” for the State, like in 1987.
Describing PDP’s alliance with BJP as a “challenge”, she said the purpose of the tie-up was to catalyze reconciliation and confidence building within the state and across the Line of Control (LoC) to create an enabling environment for sustainable peace, all-round economic development and prosperity of J&K. (AGENCIES)
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