Mufti Sayeed said that the PDP is all for resolution of the Kashmir issue through democratic process. "We will resolve the Kashmir problem. Kashmir has been a bone of contention between India and Pakistan. We will make it a bridge," he said.

Stressing that self-rule is in the realm of possibility, Mufti Sayeed said, "If you have to resolve the Kashmir issue, you have to move away from the stated position."

"I have presented the framework of self-rule to the Prime Minister. I told him that without changing the borders, there is a dire need to make the borders irrelevant," he added.

Saying that Article 356 should not apply to the state, Mufti Sayeed said that the President should not have the right to dissolve the Assembly, adding that the verdict of the people in the state needs to be respected.

He said that they are also stressing that the Governor should be a state subject and the state should have its own civil services.

Talking about cross-LoC trade, Mufti Sayeed said that there are bureaucratic delays on both sides of LoC. "Right now the trade is a trickle. There are no phone and postal links to facilitate trade. Trade should not be just symbolic. I told the PM that trade routes should also be opened through Jammu-Sialkote as Jammu is the nerve centre of industrial sector," he said.