Early Times Report Jammu, Aug 19: The PDP president, Mehbooba Mufti has started taking control of the party on the insistence of the chief minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed. It's for this reason, she has started touring the Kashmir region and will shortly start the tour of the Jammu region. According to the party sources, Mehbooba Mufti has been asked by the chief minister, who is patron of the PDP, to take control of in all manners, establish equation in every corner of get involved in the decision making. It's for this reason, that Mehbooba Mufti is seen in the meeting chaired by the CM including the Board meeting and is seen giving directions to the officers. The CM is grooming the Mehbooba Mufti for quite a long time and sources said he wants her to be more active in the decision making especially in the field of the governance, an experience which she doesn't have till now. "Mufti is eager to see the transformation in the real sense. He is now more eager that Mehbooba is groomed and takes the governance in her own hands," said a senior party functionary. Source said Mufti is also keen that the transition takes places in his tenure so that he can keep the view of the dissent in control as there is no one in the party who can challenge him, "Mehbooba Mufti is now going all over the state. Even though she is the party president but since Mufti is lying low, the party has been sent the clear signal that from now on all decisions will be taken by the Mehbooba Mufti even in the matters of the governance. It became more clear, when even in the absence of the Muzaffar Beigh and Tariq Hamid Kara, the meeting of the coordination committee was held," said the sources. |