New Delhi: In the continuing war of attrition, Congress on October 22 said that its claim for Chief Ministership in a coalition with the People's Democratic Party (PDP) in Jammu and Kashmir was "reasonable" and disclosed that the latter had rejected its proposal for rotating Chief Ministership.

"Our demands are reasonable," Ghulam Nabi Azad, president of the J&K unit of Congress told reporters.

Azad's comments came ahead of crucial meeting to be convened by Congress president Sonia Gandhi to evolve a strategy after fresh attempts by the party failed to break the deadlock on rival claims for Chief Ministership.

Azad said that there was also a suggestion of rotating the post of Chief Minister where the six-year term will be split by the Congress and the PDP.

"But PDP doesn't agree with the suggestion. They want the post for six years," he said.

Azad said that National Conference is the number one party and they have not come forward to form the government.

Congress with 20 seats on its own is in the second position in a House of 87 and has the support of independents, Azad said.

"All over the world, where there is Democracy and coalition politics, the party with more number of seats gets the post of Chief Ministership," he said.

PTI