In Jammu and Kashmir the talks between the Bharatiya Janata Party and the People's Democratic Party remained inconclusive today after the PDP insisted that party chief Mufti Mohammad Sayeed should remain the chief minister for the full six-year term. AIR correspondent reports that there has been buzz about a rotational Chief Minister – with each partner (BJP and PDP) holding the post for three years, an experiment that the PDP had tried with the Congress before.

In that scenario, the BJP reportedly wants the first three years. But the PDP is said to be unwilling to compromise on a full term as chief minister for its leader Mufti Mohammad Saeed. The two rounds of talks between the two parties, mediated by the BJP's Ram Madhav and the PDP's Muzaffar Hussain Baig, were also stuck over a common minimum programme demanded by the PDP if the two parties join hands to form the next government in Jammu and Kashmir, which threw a fractured verdict.

AIR correspondent reports that the BJP leadership is holding talks with PDP to explore the possibilities of government formation in Jammu and Kashmir, Congress today said it “is in touch” with PDP to keep BJP at bay.

According to sources the PDP is also negotiating with the Congress and others including Sajad Lone and other independents in order to exert pressure on the BJP. An outside support to the PDP from the Omar Abdullah-led National Conference is also not being denied.

But what is worrying and preventing the political parties mostly Kashmir based parties (NC and PDP) to join hands with BJP is that what will be the reaction of their grass root party cadres if either of the two forges an alliance with BJP to form a Government .

During campaigning PDP and NC accused each other of having secret deal with the BJP in the state. Both the parties made their supporters and party cadres believe during canvassing of votes that they only can stop BJP, which was going to change the character of the Jammu and Kashmir by amending Article 370 and State Subject Law.

However, not much options are left with the political parties which otherwise have to make compromises on some of the issues raised by them during campaigning in case they want to join the coalition government in the state.