Srinagar, 5 January : Hopes of the deadlock over government formation in Jammu & Kashmir seem to e ending . A high powered J&K state BJP core group is meeting the party’s central leadership today to discuss the possible alliance in a bid to end impasse over the government formation. The group would be meeting the BJP president Amit Shah in national capital to discuss political situation and give their inputs about the possible alliance in Jammu and Kashmir.
“There will be some breakthrough very soon. We will be sharing our inputs with the leadership in New Delhi,” Kavinder Gupta, newly elected MLA from Gandhi Nagar and former Jammu Mayor, told dna. The BJP has already begun consultations with the PDP at various levels. A BJP leader, on condition of anonymity, said party veteran L K Advani discussed government formation in the state with PDP leader Mufti Mohammad Sayeed over telephone.
BJP’s state vice president Ramesh Arora said top party leaders are in touch with Mufti. “I cannot say whether Advani has called Mufti or not but I can confirm that our top leaders are in touch with Mufti,” he said, adding it would take some time for the party to cobble up a coalition for forming the government in the State. Sources said BJP was trying to woo Mufti on the developmental plank and package for the unemployed youth. The party has assured all possible central assistance to Mufti but he is demanding political guarantees from the saffron party.
BJP general secretary Ram Madhav is scheduled to be in Kashmir in a few days with a mandate from his party to meet the top PDP leadership over the issue of government formation. Sources said he will call on Mufti Muhammad Sayeed at his residence, the sources said. Madhav has already met some leaders from PDP including Muzaffar Hussain Baig and held deliberations over government formation.
