PDP nonconformists skip Mehbooba Mufti’s meet

Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti who is party president of PDP faced rejection for a meet with dissidents. On Monday, party leaders have started reaching out to rebel MLAs as they expressed confidence that barring former minister Imran Raza Ansari and his uncle Abdi Ansari, the other dissidents will soon be back in the party fold.

On Monday, three rebel legislators named Abdul Majeed Padder, Javeed Ahmad Beig, and Abbass Wani were scheduled to meet Mufti. None of them turned up at her residence.

Where as on Sunday, not less than 20 legislators had one-on-one meetings with Mufti at her residence and put forth their grievances and the legislators are learnt to have assured Mufti of their support.

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On June 19th 2018, after the BJP pulled out of the coalition government, leading to imposition of Governor’s rule in the state, there have been rumors that the party was exploring possibilities of government formation by breaking the PDP, along with smaller parties. But not less than three PDP MLAs have accused Mufti of turning the party into a family affair.

Out of the 87-member J&K House, PDP has 28 MLAs, BJP 25, National Conference 15, Congress 12, Peoples Conference 2, and Independents.

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