BJP General Secretary Ram Madhav, who flew to Srinagar yesterday for a brief visit and held talks with PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti, hoped that the alliance formed in March last year would continue on the basis of "previous arrangement".
"Talks were positive. Both parties are positive that the state will benefit by continuing with the arrangement which guided our 8-9 month old government. We can give a stable government with the same arrangement. This view is on both side... I hope, yes, there will be continuation of previous arrangement," he told reporters here.
At the same time, he said BJP is willing to discuss bringing into a "timeline" a "few issues" which have found a mention in the alliance's Common Minimum Programme, implying readiness to accept Mehbooba's demand in this regard.
"If some issues, which are a part of Agenda of Alliance, are to be brought under a timeline, then the two parties can surely discuss them...But the government formation process should based on the Agenda of Alliance. This is what I have told Mehboobaji," he said, while noting that this was the first detailed discussion between the two parties over the government formation.
The two leaders decided to "speed up" work on a few issues and put them under a "timeline", he said without elaborating.
There will be more clarity after the meeting of PDP leaders with BJP leadership, Madhav added.