Srinagar
\nAmid dissent in Peoples Democratic Party, party president and former Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Sunday reached out to party legislators in Srinagar.<\/p>\n
However, no lawmaker who had publically spoken against the party leadership in the past few days met Mehbooba. Sources, however, said that three rebel legislators \u2013 Abdul Majeed Padder, Javeed Beigh and Abass Wani had sought time on Monday for a meeting with the party president.<\/p>\n
The sources said at least 21 lawmakers, including 16 MLAs, had met Mehbooba individually at her Gupkar residence since last evening and held discussions on the current political situation. She was meeting the legislators for the first time after some of her party leaders had spoken against her after the collapse of the coalition.<\/p>\n
A PDP MLA said the lawmakers who met the party president \u201cexpressed their full faith in the party leadership\u201d. \u201cA few of them expressed their reservations against some party leaders and ministers who had taken the party for a ride,\u201d the lawmaker said.<\/p>\n
One of the MLAs from south Kashmir said Mehbooba held discussions with the party leaders straightaway after returning from New Delhi on Saturday. \u201cShe heard us patiently,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
The sources said former PDP ministers Haseeb Drabu and Haq Khan who are out of the state may also meet Mehbboba in the coming days and discuss the political scenario. Drabu, who has been in touch with Mehbooba after the fall of the PDP-BJP government, is returning to Srinagar next week. Another former minister Haq Khan is in Jaipur. Kokernag MLA Abdul Rahim Rather, who had expressed dissenting views recently, said that he could not meet the party president as he was unwell. \u201cMay be I will meet the president tomorrow,\u201d Rather said.<\/p>\n
After the fall of the PDP-BJP government, cracks in the Kashmir-centric PDP became evident as at least five leaders, including a former minister, have spoken on record against Mehbooba Mufti and the party leadership.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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