Srinagar: The People's Democratic Party (PDP) on Friday got embroiled in row after party patriarch Mufti Mohammad Sayeed met separatist leader Abdul Gani Bhat.
The meeting between the two leaders is likely to invite criticism from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) as PDP is in talks with it for a possible tie up to form government in Jammu and Kashmir.
However, the PDP defended the meeting saying that it was no political and Sayeed and Bhat are close friends. They claimed that no discussions on government formation took place during the 'informal' meeting.
Even weeks after results of the assembly elections were declared, there is still no clarity over government formation in the state. While the PDP won 28 seats in the elctions, the BJP came clsoe second with 25 seats.
According to sources, Sayeed had earlier proposed an idea of a 'grand alliance' in the state involving the BJP and the Congress. Sayeed feels such an alliance will be representative of the three regions of Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh.
While the PDP claims the BJP is open to the idea, but the Congress is against it. The PDP has already rejected the National Conference's support for government formation.
PDP has also suggested an alliance with its arch rival National Conference and the Congress with PDP chief spokesman Naeem Akthar saying the tie up is also "also an option" to form a stable government. There are also speculations on whether this is a tactic by the PDP to put pressure over the tough conditions that it has laid before the BJP.
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