TIA NEWS /
After months of speculations PDP leader Mehbooba Mufti finally today met Governor NN Vohra and staked claim to form a new government in Jammu and Kashmir.
Ms. Mufti later thanked BJP for extending support to her for formation of the government. She said, focus of her new government will be on peace, reconciliation and development in Jammu and Kashmir. Ms. Mufti said the date for oath-taking is being finalised.
Leader of BJP legislative party Nirmal Singh also met the governor and handed over letter of support from BJP to Mehbooba Mufti for formation of the next government.
Mehbooba was accompanied by senior party leaders Muzaffar Hussain Beigh and Tariq Hamid Karra to Raj Bhavan in Jammu.
Addressing the media after she came out of Raj Bhawan, Mehbooba Mufti said: “The vision of Mufti Muhammad Sayeed will be fulfilled with renewed vigour by our government. Mufti Sahib’s vision of development and peace will be fulfilled by the coalition government to be headed by me”.
Asked whether there had been any last minute hitch over portfolio sharing with the BJP, she said: “Portfolios are not important. That is something we can sit together and sort out.”