New Delhi: Two months after elections in Jammu and Kashmir gave a hung assembly, the deal between the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have finally come to an agreement. According to sources, the new government is likely to be sworn in on 1 March.
The two parties will release an 'agenda for alliance' document which will be a "guided frame work of governance in the state.
PDP President Mehbooba Mufti is likely to meet BJP President Amit Shah in Delhi when the final agreement is likely to be ironed out. The two parties are believed to have agreed on maintaining the status quo on Article 370 and the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA). PDP patron Mufti Mohammad Sayeed is likely to get the Chief Minister's post for the full term while the BJP is likely to get the Deputy CM post.
The sources said PDP's Mufti Mohammed Sayeed is likely to get the chief minister's post while the BJP may get the Deputy CM's post.
The leaders of the PDP, which has 28 MLAs, and BJP, with 25 MLAs in the 87-member Assembly, chose to keep under wraps details of the Common Minimum Programme as also how the two sides thrashed out contentious issues including Article 370, AFSPA and rehabilitation of nearly 25,000 West Pakistan Refugees over which they were sharply divided.
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