PDP declares Mehbooba Mufti as J-K CM nominee

Mufti, who visited her father Mufti Mohammad Sayeed’s grave in Bijbehara in south Kashmir on Thursday, left for her hometown Bijbehara where she chaired the legislature party meet at her official residence in Gupkar.

PDP President Mehbooba Mufti was unanimously elected as the party’s chief ministerial nominee at the legislature party meet on Thursday. The party has also unanimously nominated her as the leader in state legislature.

Mufti is likely to meet Jammu and Kashmir Governor N N Vohra on Friday. PDP leader Muzaffar Baig said that the swearing-in date will be decided after the meeting with J&K Governor.

Mufti, who visited her father Mufti Mohammad Sayeed’s grave in Bijbehara in south Kashmir on Thursday, left for her hometown where she chaired the legislature party meet at her official residence in Gupkar. The party is likely to make an announcement on the future of the alliance with BJP after the meeting.

The PDP-BJP coalition, after 10 months rule from March 2015 to January, ran into rough weather following the death of then Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed on January 7, after which the state came under Governor’s rule.

Since then, the PDP leadership has sought confidence building measures and assurances on the implementation of the already agreed Agenda for Alliance from the Centre for forming the government again. Hopes for government formation were revived after Mehbooba met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi on Tuesday.

She termed the meeting as “positive”, saying she was “satisfied” with the discussions with the prime minister.