No government if no Centre CBMs: Mehbooba Mufti

Hardening her stance, PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti on Friday made it clear that she will not form the government with the BJP in Jammu and Kashmir if the Narendra Modi dispensation does not create a “conducive atmosphere” by committing confidence-building measures (CBMs) for the state.

“There are problems within problems. To face these difficulties, we need to have support and to have that conducive atmosphere (for forming government). If we get that, it is fine but if that does not happen, we will continue to move as we are moving today,” Ms Mufti told party leaders at a meeting here on Friday.

Flanked by her brother Tassaduq Mufti and senior PDP leader Muzaffar Hussain Beigh, she indicated that she was not looking for any financial package but the CBMs sought by her should focus on political aspect of the problem.

“It is not the matter of money. How much money has come and how much we have spent When and how it came But the issue is how will we create a conducive atmosphere so that the new government gets a new path and fillip to go ahead and create a goodwill among the people,” she said.

Her remarks reflect hardening of stance over forming coalition government with the BJP in the state which is under Governor’s Rule since January 8, a day after the demise of her father and the then chief minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed.