More than two months after her father Mufti Mohammad Sayeed passed away, Mehbooba Mufi, who now heads the Peoples Democratic Party in Jammu and Kashmir, met Prime Minister Narendra Modi to try and resolve the deadlock over forming the government in the conflict-ridden state.
Mufti described her meeting with Modi on Tuesday morning, which lasted about 30 minutes at his residence in the national capital, as "good" and "very positive."
"When you meet with the Prime Minister, and you have a good talk, then ways of resolving the problems which the people of Jammu and Kashmir get clearer," she told reporters.
Declining to reveal details of her discussion with the Prime Minister, Mufti said that she would have more to say after discussing matters with her party's lawmakers on Thursday.
Jammu and Kashmir State is presently under Governor's Rule.
More than two months after her father passed away on January 7, 2016, Mufti, who succeeds him as chief of the PDP, still hasn't confirmed her party's alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Rumours about changes in the PDP-BJP alliance, regarded as unnatural from its birth in the spring of 2015, has been the source of high drama and speculation, over the past three months.
The State Assembly election, which recorded one of the highest voter turnouts in Jammu and Kashmir, led to PDP emerging as the single largest party with 28 seats, BJP 25, National Conference 15 and Congress 12.
Mufti would be the first woman Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir State if she steps into her father's shoes.
