BJP said it is committed to the agenda for alliance in the state.
The BJP and PDP are indulging in a last minute blame game, lobbing the ball on government formation in Jammu and Kashmir into each other's court.
However, the BJP indicated that it was keeping doors open for engagement with PDP on government formation, saying it was committed to the agenda for alliance in the state.
"We are committed to agenda of governance in Jammu and Kashmir," finance minister Arun Jaitley said on Sunday briefing the media on the BJP's political resolution adopted at the party's national executive.
He made it clear that there was no reference to this in the resolution. Jaitley's statement can be seen as both-– extending an olive branch to the PDP as well as putting the responsibility for the government formation at its doorstep.
Jaitley's statement comes two days after talks broke down between the BJP leadership and PDP's Mehbooba Mufti In the capital. The BJP has ruled out forming government on the basis of conditions or giving time-bound assurances on implementing the agenda of alliance, prepared when the government was formed.
According to Constitutional experts, the governor, who has kept the state assembly in suspended animation, cannot do so beyond April 9. As per article 53 of the Jammu and Kashmir constitution, the gap between two sessions of the state legislative assembly cannot be more than six months.
Meanwhile, PDP sources said there were no lines of communication with the BJP. Mehbooba Mufti is likely to call a meeting of senior party leaders in the coming days to clear the 'misgivings' about PDP making fresh demands for government formation. The date of the meeting has not been finalised yet as several senior party leaders are stuck in Jammu due to closure of the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway.
Sources said all that PDP wanted to ensure that the promises made to her father in terms of political and economic initiatives are implemented and had not made new demands. Even the proposal to vacate Tatoo ground and other places was based on confidence building measures the Mufti-led PDP had laid down.
Governor's rule was imposed in the state on January 8, after chief minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed passed away.
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