Modi's message to Mufti: Only Common Minimum Programme will be followed ;

PM Narendra Modi with Jammu and Kashmir CM Mufti Mohammed Sayeed.Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said the PDP-BJP coalition in Jammu and Kashmir will only follow the Common Minimum Programme agreed upon by the two parties before the government was sworn-in on Sunday.
"The government in Jammu and Kashmir has been formed on the basis of the common minimum programme," Modi said, responding to the uncomfortable voices raised by the PDP soon after assuming power. "My government has zero tolerance towards terror," Modi added.
A section of PDP MLAs on Monday demanded that the mortal remains of Afzal Guru be handed over to his family, creating a huge embarrassment for the BJP as it began a rare political experiment in the restive state. Guru, sentenced to death in the 2001 Parliament attack case, was hanged secretly in New Delhi's Tihar jail on February 9, 2013.
"The PDP has maintained that late Afzal Guru's hanging was travesty of justice and constitutional requirements and processes were not followed," a note signed by nine PDP MLAs said. "PDP demands return of his mortal remains," it said.

The note evoked a sharp response from the BJP. "If the PDP continues to speak outside the Common Minimum Program, we will have to remove Article 370," BJP leader Subramanian Swamy said. Article 370 of the Indian constitution gives special status to Jammu and Kashmir and has been a major ruse for the Sangh Parivar.
"We have full faith in the people of Jammu and Kashmir," PM Modi said in Rajya Sabha on Tuesday. "I have always maintained that we want to better our relationship with our neighbours," he added.
On Monday, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohammed Sayeed had stood by his controversial statement that Pakistan is helping restore democracy in Jammu and Kashmir. "Indian constitution allows democratic process in Jammu and Kashmir. Even Pakistan has understood that it is the only way to start democracy in the state," Mufti had said.
Mufti's daughter and People's Democratic Party chief Mehbooba Mufti also defended her father in an exclusive interview with the Headlines Today. "My father has not said anything wrong on Jammu and Kashmir elections as during the Assembly elections, violence was less as compared to Parliament elections," she said.
Soon after his swearing-in on Sunday, Sayeed had said that the Hurriyat, militant outfits and "people from across the border" - an oblique reference to Pakistan - allowed conducive atmosphere for the state Assembly elections held late last year. "I want to say this on record and I have told this to the Prime Minister that the we must credit the Hurriyat, militant outfits for the conduct of Assembly elections in the state," Sayeed said during a press conference in Jammu after being sworn in as head of the PDP-BJP government at a ceremony also attended by Modi.
On Monday, Home Minister Rajnath Singh had distanced the Modi government and the BJP from the controversial remarks. "Our government and BJP fully dissociates with the statement of Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed crediting Pakistan and Hurriyat for smooth conduct of Assembly," Rajnath said in the Lok Sabha.

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