New Delhi: Efforts to revive the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) coalition in Jammu and Kashmir have hit a roadblock. The BJP has made it clear that it will not accept any conditions for government formation in the state.
"There is no progress in the current situation. We will not accept any demands. The government will not be made on any conditions. We have told them that a new government should be formed on the basis on conditions that existed earlier," BJP General Secretary Ram Madhav said on Thursday. Madhav is also the party's pointsman in the state.
"As far as we are concerned there is no change in conditions that existed when Mufti Mohammed Sayeed sahab was the Chief Minister. The only change is that Mufti Saheb is no longer there and it was for PDP to appoint a new leader and carry on. A state government always has a right to make demands to the Centre. A government cannot be formed on the basis of conditions," he added.
The statement comes a day after PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti met BJP chief Amit Shah in Delhi. Sources have indicated that back-channel talks between the two sides on formation of a new government have failed.
PDP with 27 MLAs and BJP with 25 members had formed an alliance in March 2015 with Sayeed as the Chief Minister. Both the sides had formed an "Agenda of Alliance" which sought to address internal and external dimension of the state.
Asked about the new demands put forward by the PDP Chief, Madhav said in clear terms that "whatever fresh has to done has to be done after government formation. The first thing is that no new demand is acceptable to us and the second thing is that if there are new demands then it can be taken up once a new government takes over," he said.
When asked if a new government will be formed, he said "I cannot say because the stalemate that existed earlier continues.
The PDP had toughened its stance after Sayeed's demise by seeking concrete plans for the state's development including handing over of power projects to the state and vacation of land by Army before the coalition could be resumed.
Governor's rule was imposed in the state on January 8 after Mehbooba decided against taking over the reins after her father's death.
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