NEW DELHI, Feb 18:
PDP President Mehbooba Mufti, who has been in the national capital since last weekend, today met Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley as her party and BJP try to narrow differences over a Common Minimum Programme (CMP) for formation of a Government in Jammu and Kashmir.
The meeting, which was held away from media glare, took place at the residence of Jaitley, who along with another senior party leader Arun Singh, has been authorised by the BJP to work out ways to form an alliance with either of the regional parties — National Conference and PDP — in the State.
The State saw a fractured mandate in the December 23 elections which saw PDP emerging as single largest party with 28 MLAs, 16 short of magic number of 44 in the 87-member Assembly. BJP bagged 25 seats followed by National Conference with 15 and Congress (12).
PDP spokesman Naeem Akhtar said he was not aware about the Jaitley-Mehbooba meeting. PDP MLA Haseeb Drabu also had a meeting with Jaitley. (PTI)
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