Without giving details of what exactly she discussed with Vohra, Mehbooba said her meeting with the governor was "informal" in the wake of a "decisive but divided mandate" thrown up by the recent assembly polls.
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Answering questions over the issue of government formation, she told reporters that "PDP's priority is not to cobble up a majority for the sake of government formation."
Whatever formation is firmed up, it should respect the mandate of the people and have the principle of "reconciliation", she said, adding "till that is not taken along, forming any government will be useless".
Mehbooba, whose party has bagged 28 seats in the 87-member Assembly, said the mandate was a "challenge and opportunity" for national leadership, be it NDA or Congress.
"For NDA government, it is a big responsibility, for Modi, it is a big responsibility. Jammu and Kashmir has been the biggest challenge for any PM right from Nehru till date," Mehbooba said.
Referring to Modi's "dream" of development and addressing the problem of unemployment, the PDP leader said there cannot be "development till there is peace on the ground".
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In this regard, she invoked former Prime Minister and said "It is not possible till Vajpayeeji's political process is taken forward."
She noted that for peace in J&K, Vajpayee had "started a political process. Vajpayeeji had started dialogue with Hurriyat, he had started dialogue with Pakistan when LK advani was the deputy Prime Minister. We got generous economic package. UPA continued it for some time and then stopped it."
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