Jammu: PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti met Jammu and Kashmir Governor NN Vohra on Saturday evening and staked claim to form a government.
"Peace, development and reconciliation will be the only agenda of the government. We are thankful to the BJP for extending their support. Once again I would like to say that we respect the coalition formed during the time of the late Mufti Mohammd Sayeed, " she told reporters.
She also said she was very satisfied with the assurances give by Prime Minister Narendra Modi when she visited him.
The chief minister designate led a joint delegation of PDP and BJP, to hand over letter of support to the Governor.
Mehbooba was accompanied by Nirmal Singh, leader of the BJP Legislative Party, party's state president Sat Sharma, MP Jugal Kishore and senior leaders and MPs Tariq Hamid Qarra and Muzaffar Hussain Baig.
"We have submitted letter to the Governor where the BJP MLAs have unanimously supported the PDP in government formation. We have no differences in the agenda of alliance," Nirmal Singh said.
The date for the swearing-in ceremony will be discussed between the two parties and finalised. Sources said could in the first week of April, though the BJP would like it to be held on April 8 or 9.
Governor's rule was imposed in J&K on January 8 after Mehbooba decided against taking over the reins following her father Mufti Mohammed Sayeed's death.
PDP and BJP had formed an alliance on March one, last year with Sayeed as the Chief Minister. Both the sides had formed an Agenda of Alliance which sought to address internal and external dimension of the state.
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