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PDP core group authorises Mehbooba Mufti to decide on government formation

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Jammu & Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) today reiterated its resolve to rededicate itself towards realizing Mufti Mohammad Sayeed’s vision of a politically stable and economically empowered Jammu and Kashmir. The party authorized the party President, Mehbooba Mufti to take any decision needed to carry forward Mufti Mohammad Sayeed’s mission and implementing his political and developmental vision.

Mehbooba Mufti“The PDP core group which met under the chairmanship of the party President, Mehbooba Mufti while paying glowing tributes to the late leader resolved to work towards accomplishing Mufti Mohammad Sayeed’s mission of reconciliation, peace and prosperity for the people of the State and the region,” PDP Chief Spokesperson, Dr. Mehboob Beg said.

PDP leader Naeem Akhtar said the party had set no deadline.

“Focus is on the agenda that was set during Mufti ji time and Mehbooba ji will take final call on this,” he said after the meeting, referring to a document, ‘Agenda of Alliance’, that the two parties had agreed on when they first formed the state government under Mufti 10 months ago.

“The Agenda of Alliance is a sacred document to us,” he said after the five-hour meeting.

“There is no condition; good faith and implementation of the alliance’s agenda is priority to the PDP, but the final call will be taken by Mehbooba. The focus will be the agenda, which has been the part of Mufti sahab’s vision. We want to implement that vision. Mehbooba will take a call on how best to do it.”

“Leaders gave their opinion on how to carry forward the political vision of Mufti sahab— the most important being good relations between India and Pakistan,” Akhtar, a trusted aide of the late chief minister, said, adding that the party welcomed Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Lahore last month and the maturity shown by the Central Government after the attack on an Air Force base in Pathankot.

“It was his (Sayeed’s) belief that India-Pakistan friendship is necessary for Kashmir, which has been a victim in hostilities between the two countries,” he said.

The meeting expressed gratitude to the people of Jammu and Kashmir for endorsing PDP’s political and economic agenda set-out under the visionary leadership of Mufti Mohammad Sayeed and helping the party to emerge as the premier regional force within a short span of 16 years.

The meeting observed that under the visionary leadership of Mufti Mohammad Sayeed PDP, in 1999, set forth on a journey to change the course of Jammu and Kashmir for better. The party established clear political priorities for itself and focused on them relentlessly to pull J&K out of the morass of instabilities and uncertainties plaguing the State for the past more than six decades.

The alliance between the ideologically divergent parties was woven together after J-K delivered a hung assembly in the 2014 state polls. The coalition had soon run into rough weather over a slew of controversial issues with differences between the two parties often coming to the fore.

However, the PDP on Sunday made it clear that it was satisfied with the way the BJP at the Centre was handling diplomatic ties with Pakistan in light of the Pathankot terror attack.

“It was our moment of glory when Prime Minister Modi went to Lahore when Mufti Sahib was in ICU. Peaceful relations with Pakistan was Mufti Sahib’s dream,’’ Akhtar said. “Attacks like Pathankot did derail the process but the government took bold decisions in spite of that,” he added.

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