No special demand from PDP, says BJP

The BJP on Wednesday clarified that there has been no special demand from the PDP for government formation in Jammu and Kashmir. The BJP`s reaction came a day after Peoples Democratic Party chief Mehbooba Mufti met Prime Minister Narendra Modi here and dubbed the meeting “positive”. The meeting between the two leaders put the BJP-PDP alliance back on track. “Mehbooba ji wanted to meet the prime minister and he has assured her of all help. He also asked Mehbooba ji to talk to the party leaders and decide on the…

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Govt with PDP soon, AFSPA to stay, says BJP

BJP legislature party leader Nirmal Singh Sunday said that the BJP and PDP would soon resume their alliance to form the government in Jammu and Kashmir, and its prime objective would be good governance. “Our agenda was to give good governance, and almost the same agenda will be pursued by the next government, for which Mehbooba Mufti is the favoured CM candidate,” said Singh, who was deputy chief minister in the government led by Mufti Mohammad Sayeed. Speaking to the media at the district BJP headquarters here, Singh said, “There…

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Ties with PDP strong, says BJP

Dismisses rumours that it is exploring other options to form govt A day after the Peoples Democratic Party cleared that it was not “in a hurry” to form the government in Jammu and Kashmir, its coalition partner Bharatiya Janata Party today said it was not exploring any other option on government formation and its alliance with the PDP was “strong”. “We have not received any official communication (on government formation) from the PDP so far but our alliance with the PDP is strong and intact. We are not exploring any…

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No third party intervention on Kashmir issue, says BJP

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday said that there will be no third party intervention on the Kashmir issue after Pakistan once again raised the Kashmir issue at the United Nation Security Council (UNSC) ahead of NSA-level talks. Hitting back at Pakistan, BJP spokesperson Siddharthnath Singh said, “Anything provocative that Pakistan is raising in UNO is related to their domestic constituency, and as far as the United Nations and Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) is concerned, the answer is known to everyone that it`s a bilateral talk and there is…

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Rival parties could not mislead people over AIIMS issue, says BJP

The Bharatiya Janata Party on Saturday claimed that opposition parties including Congress, National Conference, and JKNPP are in “deep frustration” as they failed to “mislead” masses over the demand for setting up of an AIIMS in Jammu. “Now when the picture is clear that AIIMS will be established in Jammu, parties like NC, Congress and JKNPP are in deep frustration as their designs to mislead the masses have totally failed,” BJP state president and MP Jugal Kishore Sharma said at a press conference here. Sharma said the Union Health Ministry’s…

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