PDP not leaving INDIA bloc: Mehbooba Mufti

Srinagar, June 2: PDP President Mehbooba Mufti today refuted the reports on Sunday that her party is leaving the INDIA bloc.

Talking to a local news agency, KNS, Mehbooba clarified that her absence from the recent INDIA bloc meeting in New Delhi was due to her mother's eye surgery.

In the Lok Sabha elections, the INDIA bloc had supported National Conference on the three seats in Kashmir. PDP also contested the three seats separately. During the elections, the Congress actively campaigned for the National Conference.

On Saturday, exit polls by several national TV channels showed the PDP winning one seat in the Kashmir Valley separately from the INDIA Bloc, sparking rumours of the party's exit from the alliance. However, Mehbooba Mufti dismissed these rumours and reaffirmed the PDP's commitment to the INDIA bloc, KNS added.