Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party president Mehbooba Mufti on Friday said the details of her party's common minimum programme in alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party would emerge on March 1, the day party patron Mufti Mohammad Sayeed's takes oath as the chief minister of the state.
"Our agenda for alliance talks of development, economic growth and so on, besides political issues. Please wait till March 1, everything will be clear then," Mehbooba told reporters here.
Earlier in the day, Mufti Mohammad Sayeed met Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the issue of government formation in Jammu and Kashmir. The Prime Minister is expected to attend Sayeed's swearing-in ceremony.
After the J-K assembly elections had thrown up a hung verdict, the Bharatiya Janata Party and the People's Democratic Party formulated an alliance, adding that their union was formulated keeping peace of the state in mind.
The PDP had emerged as the single-largest party in the state with 28 seats.
The BJP won 25 seats, with the National Conference and Congress winning 15 and 12 seats respectively.
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