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J&K govt formation: Meeting with PM Modi 'very positive' and 'good', says PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti

Speaking to media after meeting PM Modi, Mufti said, "It was a positive meeting. I have called a legislature party meeting on Thursday and will take further decision there."

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Deadlock over government formation in Jammu and Kashmir seems to have ended with PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday calling on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, a meeting which she described as 'very positive' and 'good' in addressing issues pertaining to the people of the state.

Mehbooba drove to the Prime Minister's residence this morning barely three days after PDP and BJP had hit a road block with BJP's chief interlocutor Ram Madhav announcing that his party would not be accepting any fresh demands from its erstwhile ally PDP.

Emerging after a 30-minute-long meeting with the Prime Minister, Mehbooba said she had a "very positive meeting and a good meeting" with him.

"We are seeing a stalemate for last two to three months over government formation in the state but today I am satisfied. I am very satisfied," she told reporters here.

To a question whether the stalemate has ended, she said, "When you meet the Prime Minister of the country, naturally the solution to the problems faced by the people of Jammu and Kashmir is more clear".

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley had on Monday asked PDP leader Mehbooba Mufti to make up her mind.

PDP with 27 MLAs and BJP with 25 members had formed an alliance on March 1 last year with Mufti Mohammed Sayeed as the Chief Minister. Both the sides had formed an "Agenda of Alliance" which sought to address internal and external dimensions of the state.

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.

(With PTI inputs)

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