The sudden visit of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president, Mehbooba Mufti, to New Delhi today has fuelled fresh speculation of a possible patch-up between her party and the BJP for government formation in Jammu and Kashmir.


The Bharatiya Janata Party on Sunday said it was fully committed to the agenda of governance in the state. Mehbooba has had several meetings with top BJP leaders like party president Amit Shah and general secretary and party in-charge of Jammu and Kashmir, Ram Madhav, but the meetings ended with a stalemate with the BJP saying government cannot be formed with pre-conditions.

A senior leader of the PDP had said that they had not put any preconditions but wanted the centre to come up with some confidence building measures for government formation in the state which has been under governor's rule since the demise of former chief minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed on January 9.

Union finance minister Arun Jaitley yesterday said that the BJP was 'fully committed to the agenda of governance that was formed in Jammu and Kashmir'.

There have been reports that Mehbooba has called a meeting of PDP legislators and leaders to inform of her confabulation with the top BJP leadership in New Delhi for formation of government in the state.

Mukhtar Ahmad in Srinagar/Rediff.com