New Delhi, Dec 30 (ANI): The National Conference and the Congress Party are trying to form a coalition government in Jammu and Kashmir after Assembly elections in which no single party has secured a majority.
NC chief Omar Abdullah, who arrived here last evening to hold discussions with the Congress leadership, looked positive on the coalition.
"So far to all the senior leaders of the Congress, whom we have spoken informally the response has been very positive," said Abdullah.
Omar Abdullah is expected to meet the Congress leadership on Tuesday.
"We will talk of coalition formation and if we could take the dialogue to a right position, then the declaration of this coalition would be possible in the coming one or two days," he added.
Abdullah's National Conference party won 28 of the assembly's 87 seats, the Congress 17, the People's Democratic Party 21, Bharatiya Janata Party 11 and other parties and independents won 10 seats.
On the other hand, former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and senior leader of Congress Ghulam Nabi Azad, said that future course of the strategy regarding government formation in the state would only be known after having discussions with the party president.
"Until we hold discussions with the Congress president, I don't think it would be suitable for us to say with whom we will form government and how," said Azad.
Azad also said that it would also be finalised whether his party would lend or seek support.
"Congress will also discuss that whether it would take or give support, and if both then what would be the parameters of that," he said.
The large voter turnout has encouraged New Delhi, which now hopes to blunt separatist sentiments and bring peace by investing heavily in development projects and job creation.
Kashmir came under New Delhi's direct rule in July after the incumbent Congress-PDP coalition government fell over Amarnath land dispute. (ANI)
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