PDP has its way as BJP bends to form government in Jammu and Kashmir, but will the alliance work?
Srinagar: After a two-month-long wait and suspense, Mufti Mohammad Sayeed will finally be sworn in as Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister as the head of Peoples Democratic Party-Bharatiya Janata Party coalition government on Sunday. Both parties have ironed out a Common Minimum Programme (CMP) for Jammu and Kashmir. However, it needs to be seen if both the parties will be able to sell the alliance to their respective constituencies as ‘a win-win deal’.
Surprisingly there were no jubilations in either Kashmir valley or Jammu region over government formation though common people expect their day-to-day problems will at least be addressed. Political experts say that U-turn by BJP and PDP from their stands on various issues have angered people from both the region.
However, they say that the CMP is to some extent in line with PDP’s stand on various issues whereas BJP has compromised on several ideological issues, including Article 370 and settlement of Pakistani refugees, probably to grab the chance to occupy the treasury benches for the first time in the history of Jammu and Kashmir, the only Muslim-majority state of India.
PDP paron Mufti Mohammed Sayeed will be sworn in as Jammu and Kashmir chief minister for the second time.
A famous saying, politics has less to do with where you live than where your heart is, perfectly depicts the picture of BJP-PDP government as both parties despite ideological differences, managed to come on a common ground after several meetings.
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