Updated On: 22 February, 2015 06:15 AM IST | | Agencies
<p>The development came as the PDP and BJP reached an agreement over several contentious issues, including the Armed Forces Special Powers Act</p>

Mufti Mohammad Sayeed
Jammu: Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) patron Mufti Mohammad Sayeed will be the new chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir two months after the assembly elections, as his party and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finally arrived at an agreement on forming an alliance government in the state, sources close to the PDP patron said.

Mufti Mohammad Sayeed. File Pic