Mufti to head J&K |
India`s troubled northern state of Jammu & Kashmir is finally ready with a new government more than two months after elections. Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) patron Mufti Mohammad Sayeed will be the Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister after his party reached an agreement to form a government with the BJP. Sayeed will be the Chief Minister for the full six years. The main agreement has been reached on the draft of the CMP (common minimum program) on contentious issues like Article 370, Armed Forces (special) Powers Act (AFSPA) and the plight of West Pakistan refugees. It has been agreed that without any written reference to it, both the parties would respect the wishes of the people of the State in consonance with the Constitution of the country with regard to Article 370. BJP sources said the PDP has agreed to the BJP demand that the CMP should accept that the problems faced by West Pakistan refugees should not be politicized, but treated as a humanitarian issue that needs to be addressed on humanitarian grounds. Sayeed would formally call on Prime Minister Narendra Modi after the PDP and the BJP announce having formalized the draft of the CMP.
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