Indicating its inclination to have an alliance with BJP, PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday claimed to have the support of 55 members in a hung House of 87, but said that the party was not in a hurry to form government in Jammu and Kashmir. Mehbooba, who earlier had an hour-long meeting with State Governor N N Vohra at Raj Bhavan here in the morning, said that their talks with him were informal. "The people of Jammu Kashmir have given a very decisive, but divided mandate," she said. In an apparent reference to the support offered by Congress and NC who have 12 and 15 members respectively, she said that "issue is not just government formation, but also to respect the mandate given by the people of the state". READ: BJP's Ram Madhav meets Governor, calls grand alliance betrayal of people's mandate "We have to see restarting of Atal Bihari Vajpayee's policy for restoration of peace and normalcy in Kashmir which was later abandoned by the UPA government," she said. "We have to ensure restart of the peace process as also the fulfilment of promises made by us to the people," she said in an apparent reference to party's stand for revocation of AFSPA and special package to the state, besides talks with Pakistan. WATCH VIDEO: MEHBOOBA MUFTI SAYS NO QUESTION OF ALLIANCE WITH BJP She also sent an indirect message to the BJP, saying that BJP leadership shall respect the mandate of the people which though "very decisive" is a "divided one". They have a greater responsibility to see that there is no more alienation among people of Kashmir who have this time turned up in huge numbers to cast vote, she added. READ: Give statehood if BJP not part of govt In the hung 87 member assembly, PDP has 28 members, closely followed by BJP (25), NC (15), Congress (12) and others (7).. Though Congress and NC have offered support to PDP in government formation so as to stop BJP from coming to power in the state, the former appears to be reluctant to accept the offer as it would mean a Muslim government barring Hindus of Jammu region. The BJP national general secretary Ram Madhav too had met the Governor on Tuesday. The BJP state president Jugal Kishore Sharma is meeting him on Thursday for informal discussion on government formation. However, BJP too has hinted on seeking time from Governor on submitting its proposal on government formation. "We are not in a hurry to form government," said Sharma ruling out the possibility of Governor rule in the state. Sources said that office of chief minister was the bone of contention between the two parties. While PDP wanted the chief minister post in view of it being the largest group with 28 members, the BJP with 25 members was staking its claim over the chief ministership saying that it had polled the majority 23 per cent votes polled in all the 87 constituencies despite it having contested only 76 seats.
