Srinagar | Mar 25 (PTK): BJP on Friday elected Nirmal Singh as its leader in the Jammu and Kashmir assembly and nominated him for the deputy chief minister’s post in the new PDP-BJP alliance government to be headed by PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti.
Speaking after a meeting of BJP legislators here, State BJP president Sat Pal Sharma said: “The BJP legislature party has elected Nirmal Singh as its leader and nominated him for the deputy chief minister’s post in the new coalition government.”
Sharma said the BJP had decided to extend support to Mehbooba Mufti, daughter of the former Chief Minister, Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, to head the PDP-BJP government.
Singh served as the Deputy Chief Minister in the PDP-BJP coalition that was in office for 10 months till the Mufti died on January 7.
Besides the BJP legislators, Jitendra Singh, Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office, and Ram Madhav, BJP general secretary in in-charge of Jammu and Kashmir, attended the meeting.
Jitendra Singh informed that a BJP-PDP joint coordination committee will meet before the PDP and BJP separately meet Governor N.N. Vohra on Friday. (PTK)
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