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Ram Madhav meets Mehbooba Mufti

| | Feb 18, 2016, at 03:46 am
Srinagar, Feb 17 (IBNS) On the directions of Party President Amit Shah BJP general secretary Ram Madhav arrived here on Wednesday to meet Peoples Democratic Party President Mehbooba Mufti to break the deadlock over government formation in Jammu and Kashmir after the death of Mufti Muhamad Sayeed on Jan 7.

Sources in BJP told IBNS on phone that Madhav drove straight to Mehboob’s home in the afternoon and met the PDP leader.

The Bharatiya Janata Party general secretary arrived on a special flight at the Srinagar international airport.

“We were not allowed to sit in the meeting between two leaders. Everyone was asked to remain outside the room till the meeting ends”, said senior BJP leader.

Jammu and Kashmir state is under Governor Rule after the death of former Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed on Jan 7 at AIIMS New Delhi after brief illness.


(Reporting by Saleem Iqbal Qadri, Image: Ram Madhav Twitter page)

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