Mehbooba Mufti calls PDP meet January 31

PDP president Mehbooba Mufti, who has maintained suspense over government formation for nearly three weeks, will meet senior party leaders in Srinagar and Jammu over the next one week to seek their views on the issue.

“The PDP president has convened a meeting of senior party workers and zonal presidents on January 31 in Srinagar to discuss the latest developments in the state including getting feedback from them on government formation,” a senior PDP leader said on Wednesday.

A similar meeting has been convened by Mehbooba in Jammu, the winter capital of the state, on February 3, he said. He said besides seeking the grassroots-level feedback on government formation, she will discuss the organisation matters with party workers.

Launching a party membership drive is also likely to be initiated after the twin meetings, he added.

The meetings have been convened three weeks after Governor’s Rule was imposed in the state. Sayeed was heading a coalition government with the BJP since March 1 last year after the Assembly elections threw up a fractured verdict.

Mehbooba was seen as the successor to her father as the chief minister but she has maintained suspense over the issue and not yet staked claim to form the government.

Some days back, she held a meeting with senior leaders who authorised her to take a decision on the formation of the next government but she has still not revealed her cards. Some PDP leaders had said that Mehbooba wanted a review of the work done.