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For Daily English Newspaper RNI No. JKENG/2013/48845 TITLE CODE: JKENG-00999 Advertisement in Golden Yug –– Contact –– 0191-2464590 For Booking of Copies of Golden Yug Golden Yug –– Contact –– e-mail: [email protected], [email protected] Website: www.goldenyug.com 94191-88950 Vol. 2 ISSUE NO. 312 Jammu, Saturday 27, December 2014 PAGES 8 PRICE RS. 2/- Postal Regd. No. L-29/JK-509/13-15 'Congress in touch J&K govt formation: BJP holding consultation Did PDP seek a letter of support from BJP? - NC with PDP to keep BJP at bay in J&K' Offer conveyed to PDP through trusted intermediary formally - NC Spokesman GY NewS SeRViCe with all imp stakeholders, says Ram Madhav JaMMU, DeC. 26: 'It is for PDP to take the next step' Amid reports that the BJP Governor calls PDP, BJP for GY NewS SeRViCe offer and stands as it is. leader and MP Muzaffar want our support, they can leadership has been hold - SRiNaGaR, DeC. Now it is for PDP to Beig to enter into talks ask for it formally. ing talks with PDP to parleys on govt formation 26: National Conference approach National with the BJP? Why ask NC Bringing up ridiculous explore the possibilities of GY NewS SeRViCe Friday said that its offer of Conference for our support for a letter then? They are objections to the medium government formation in JaMMU, DeC. 26: Amid continuing suspense over for - support to PDP stands if they choose to seek it. the single largest party and of such an offer of support Jammu and Kashmir, mation of new government in Jammu and Kashmir, Governor intact as has been The ball lies in their court, have various options to cannot be PDP's alibi for Congress today said it "is N N Vohra today invited PDP and BJP, the first and second expressed by the Party not ours", NC Spokesman cobble together a govern - not coming up with a clear, in touch" with PDP to keep largest parties in the elections, which threw up a highly-frac - Working President Omar Junaid Mattu said in a ment. They can choose unambiguous response. the saffron outfit at bay. GY NewS SeRViCe tured verdict with no clear winner.Amid continuing suspense Abdullah. "Our offer has statement issued from what they want to do. Our The ball continues to lie in "The Congress party is SRiNaGaR, DeC. 26: over formation of new government in Jammu and Kashmir, been conveyed first by the Srinagar. offer is one of the options their court. Our offer has in touch with PDP and six BJP General Secretary Ram Governor N N Vohra today invited PDP and BJP, the first and Party Working President Refuting reports of an they have. If they want it, been formally conveyed other Independent legisla - Madhav today said his party second largest parties in the elections, which threw up a high - through the public domain, alleged "letter" written by they should reciprocate. No through an appropriate tors to prevent the saffron was holding consultations ly-fractured verdict with no clear winner.Vohra has sent sepa - then we have issued a NC to PDP, NC letters will be written from channel and no further party from forming gov - with all important stakehold - rately to PDP Patron Mufti Mohd Sayeed and state BJP chief statement offering such a Spokesman Junaid Mattu NC" the NC Spokesman efforts need to be made ernment in Jammu and ers in Jammu and Kashmir Jugal Kishore "for holding discussions on the proposal for gov - support and the support said "We are not begging said. from our side. We continue Kashmir through ill for providing a stable gov - ernment formation," a Raj Bhavan official said.BJP, which offer has also been con - PDP to accept our support "It is PDP that needs to hope that PDP will means," state Congress ernment. ended up with a tally of 25 in the 87-strong Assembly, and PDP, veyed verbally directly to that we would write letters numbers as it has emerged respond in a clear, unam - spokesman Salman Nizami The BJP leader, who has which secured 28 seats, have held discussions in the last two PDP through a trusted to them. Did PDP seek a as the single largest party biguous manner", NC said. held a series of meetings days to explore the possibility of coming together. There was no intermediary formally. It is letter of support from BJP short of the mark of major - Spokesman Junaid Mattu Nizami said the with leaders of Valley-based indication as to how the discussions have gone. Parallel, two on record. It is a serious before authorizing their ity in the Assembly. If they said. Congress, with 12 MLAs political parties including other key players, the National Conference (NC) which got 15 in its kitty, was ready to PDP's Muzaffar Hussain seats and the Congress (12 seats), continued to make efforts to forge an alliance with other Baig, said the Prime keep BJP out of power by offering support to PDP, whose Minister had a grand vision response remained a matter of speculation. J&K govt formation: Congress offers support to PDP secular parties "to keep at for development of the state. stakeholder and has got a the BJP is insisting on get - New Delhi, DeC. 26: they are ready to form the govern - BJP asking "with whom are you bay the communal forces "To realise this dream, we major mandate. Mufti ting a shot at Chief Congress Friday offered support to ment," Congress spokesperson going to align between the two - the that are hell bent to divide have to provide a govern - (Mohammad Sayeed) has a Ministership, Madhav said PDP in government formation in Abhishek Singhvi told reporters party of father-son or the party of the state of Jammu and ment that will put the state five-decade long political the issue was not discussed Jammu and Kashmir, saying its erst - here. His statement came as ques - father-daughter as you had con - Kashmir on communal on development track," he career and is respected not with either PDP or any other while ally has the "legal, moral and tions prevailed as to which parties demned both of them during the lines." said. only in the state but across stakeholder. Constitutional' right to do so. The will come together to form a govern - election campaign". "We are ready to join "We are meeting with all the country. "National "Talks have not reached party also took a jibe at Prime ment in the state where the recent The thinking in Congress is that hands with PDP. Our aim important stakeholders and Conference also has got that stage yet.We are still at Minister Narendra Modi, wondering Assembly polls have thrown up a PDP and BJP cannot come together is to keep the communal our aim is to provide a stable substantial number of seats. the initial stages," he insist - whether he will enter into alliance fractured verdict. as it cannot last long due to contra - BJP at bay and work in and credible government," It was part of the NDA dur - ed. In response to a ques - with "Baap-Beti or Baap Beta PDP, with 28 seats, has emerged dictions between the idelogical posi - coordination with PDP for he told reporters here. While ing (Atal Bihari) Vajpayee's tion, Madhav said a meeting (father-daughter or father-son)", a as the single largest party in the 87- tions between the parties. There is the betterment of the PDP has secured 28 seats, tenure (as Prime Minister)," between the Prime Minister reference to PDP's Mufti Sayeed- member house. Congress has bagged also a view in Congress that BJP and state," Nizami said, adding BJP bagged 25 in the elec - he noted. and PDP patron, Sayeed, Mehbooba Mufti and NC's Farooq 12 seats and the minimum number NC could find it much easier to that BJP was leaving no tions to the 87-member state Asked which of the two was not on the cards yet. Abdullah-Omar Abdullah whom he required for forming government is come together rather than BJP and stone unturned to grab Assembly. On his talks with parties would BJP prefer to "No such this is on the chose as targets of attack during 44. PDP and Congress ran a coalition PDP. However, a Congress leader power in Jammu and PDP since his arrival here ally with, Madhav said it cards right now," he said. election campaigning. government for nearly six years from said the fact that Abdullah has com - Kashmir. yesterday, Madhav said the was not about the party but Asked how long the govern - "PDP has the legal, moral and 2002 before they had a bitter break- mitted himself much more to "If media reports are talks were still at initial a choice of providing a sta - ment formation is going to Constitutional right to form a gov - up. The term of Jammu and Kashmir Congress and has a personal rapport true, a desperate BJP stages. ble and credible govern - take, Madhav said no time - ernment (in Jammu and Kashmir). Assembly is six years. with Rahul Gandhi, it may prevent seems to be on one side "PDP is an important ment. As the Jammu unit of line can be set. We are prepared to support them if Singhvi took a dig at Modi and such an eventuality. holding secret talks with National Conference, and on the other is trying to Mohd. Ashraf Mir shoots an AK-47 after Engineer Rashid offers Un- lure PDP towards it.

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