Now!! Jammu and Kashmir: Muftis PDP asks for support from Omar Abdullah in writing IndiaToday.in New Delhi, Friday, December 26, 2014 The Peoples Democratic Party in Jammu and Kashmir, which emerged as the single largest party after the Assembly elections threw a fractured verdict, on Friday said it will consider an offer of support by the National Conference if it gives that in writing. The National Conference should communicate the word of support through right channels. Give a written support offer and then we will take it up, a top source in the PDP told Headlines Today. The response from the PDP came after outgoing Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said on Friday that his National Conference had offered support to the PDP for government formation in Jammu and Kashmir but not given any written commitment. Looks like PDP (Peoples Democratic Party) is playing mind games with the BJP (by) leaking about a letter of (National Conference) support that doesnt exist, Abdullah tweeted. Only a verbal offer conveyed, he said. The development came amid a mini revolt within the National Conference over reports that it was planning a tie up with the Bharatiya Janata Party to form a coalition government. National Conference MLA from central Kashmirs Badgam seat, Syed Ruhullah, said any truck with the BJP would be against the interests of the people of Kashmir and the NC. Meanwhile, Governor NN Vohra invited both the PDP and the BJP to forward their plans for the formation of the government. The two parties have been holding parleys in the state to reach the magic figure of 44 in the 87- member Assembly. The BJP won 25 seats while the National Conference won 15 seats in the 87-member Jammu and Kashmir Assembly. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) emerged as the single largest party with 28 seats while the Congress tally was 12. Seven seats were won by other parties and independents. For two days, the Mufti Mohammad Sayeed-led party had been negotiating with the second largest party, the BJP, over the formation of the government. But the two rounds of talks, mediated by the BJPs Ram Madhav and the PDPs Muzaffar Hussain Baig, hit a roadblock on Friday after the PDP insisted that Sayeed should remain the chief minister for the full six-year term. The talks between the two parties were also stuck over a common minimum programme demanded by the PDP. The PDP and the BJP are like oil and water, no chemistry. I see no chance of them coming together. We havent written a formal letter nor have they, but the leaderships know each other, senior Congress leader Salman Soz said.
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