SRINAGAR: PDP continued to play the guessing game on the issue of forming the new Government with its ally BJP by saying today that it cannot put a time frame for it.
Eight days after the sudden death of the party patron and Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed who headed the 10-month-old PDP-BJP coalition Government, the party has not clarified its position amid persistent reports that it is unhappy with BJP over a variety of issues.
The issues believed to be nagging the PDP leadership range from Sayeed not being given proper respect when he passed away in Delhi on January 7 to meagre flow of funds from the Centre to the State which is now under a spell of Governor’s rule.
“I cannot say anything on it,” senior PDP leader and former minister Naeem Akhtar told reporters when asked how much time it will take the PDP to form the next Government in the State.
Akhtar, who talked to reporters in Sayeed’s hometown Bijbehara after ‘fateha khwani’ (special prayers) organised by the party in memory of the late leader at his grave, said PDP president Mehbooba Mufti has not yet started consultations with senior party leadership on the issue of Government formation.
“Mehbooba has not yet met her colleagues like (Muzaffar Hussain) Baigh, Dilawar (Mir) and others. After she holds consultations, the future course of action will be announced,” said the PDP leader and one of the most trusted lieutenants of Sayeed. (AGENCIES)
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