Talks between the senior leadership of the
Bharatiya Janata Party and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are
continuing on government formation, with specific issues being flagged
on both sides for an agreement.
Top sources from both parties confirmed to The Hindu
that the handover of two power projects currently under the National
Hydro electric Power Corporation (NHPC) in Uri and Dulhasti has almost
been agreed upon between the two parties, with the Centre agreeing to
facilitate a stake sale from the NHPC to the Jammu and Kashmir
government for a controlling interest in the power projects.
“The other major issue is the re-notification of
Army-held land near Jammu airport and Tattoo Ground in Srinagar,” said a
top source. “Negotiations are on in this matter,” the source added.
PDP leaders also confirmed that the former Finance
Minister in the Mufti Mohammad Sayeed-led BJP-PDP government, Haseeb
Drabu and adviser to the Mufti government, Dr. Amitabh Mattoo have been
reaching out to Kashmiri students in universities in Delhi following the
controversy in Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU).
Reaches out to students
“The party has reached out to students
individually, and the alliance partners have expressed their anxieties
on this count to each other as well,” said a source.
On Sunday, PDP leader Mehbooba Mufti had given the
strongest indication yet that her party and the BJP were back at the
negotiating table over government formation, after the State slipped
into Governor’s rule following the death of Sayeed in January.
Addressing a party convention in Srinagar on
Sunday, Ms. Mufti had said that she had “faith in Allah and the
decisions of Mufti Saheb” when it came to the alliance.
“When Mufti-sahib formed the [State] government
with the BJP, he thought that if you can convince a leader who has come
with such a [huge] mandate that India and Pakistan’s reconciliation is
important to take Jammu and Kashmir out of this mess, he can do
something because he has the power [numbers in Parliament] at his back,”
she had said.
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