BJP-PDP alliance will take state to 'newer heights': Amit Shah

NEW DELHI: BJP chief Amit Shah today asserted that the party's alliance government with PDP in Jammu and Kashmir will take the state to "newer heights".

"Congratulations to CM Mehbooba Mufti and Deputy CM Nirmal Singh. I am sure the BJP-PDP alliance will take state to newer heights," he said in a tweet soon after the PDP leader took oath as the first woman chief minister of the state.

Finance Minister and senior party leader Arun Jaitley also congratulated Mehbooba.

"Congratulations Mehbooba Mufti ji on being sworn in as the first woman Chief Minister of J&K. I wish the best to BJP-PDP govt in the state," he said.