Srinagar, Feb. 27: Jammu and Kashmir's first-ever BJP-PDP coalition moved closer to reality today with both parties handing governor N.N. Vohra separate letters of support requesting him to invite Mufti Mohammed Sayeed to form the government.

The moves unfolded hours after the PDP's Sayeed met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi to seal the alliance and exchanged hugs.

This prompted former chief minister Omar Abdullah to say the tie-up had "shifted the state's capital to Nagpur", where the RSS is headquartered.

A PDP spokesperson said Sayeed would be sworn in this Sunday in Jammu, the state's winter capital, and Modi would attend the ceremony.

Under the agreement between the two sides, Sayeed will head the government for the full six years - the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly's term is a year more than those of other states. The BJP's Nirmal Singh would be his deputy.

Sources said Sayeed was unanimously elected leader of the PDP legislature party at a meeting today.

"With the support of the BJP, the PDP-led coalition would enjoy a clear majority and will be in a position to provide a stable government in the wake of the split verdict (in the December polls)," Sayeed said in a letter to the governor later.

The PDP and the BJP together have 53 seats, nine more than the majority mark of 44 in the 87-member Assembly.

The new government is likely to give a berth to separatist-turned-MLA Sajjad Lone, whose People's Conference had an informal alliance with the BJP in the elections.

Omar slammed the alliance as a meeting of two "poles".

"With this hug (Mufti-Modi) the South Pole & the North Pole met and the capital of J&K shifted to Nagpur. As all the expert J&K commentators will not tire telling us that this Modi-Mufti accord is the best thing since sliced bread I must ask... Where are the celebrations on the streets of J&K? I'm sure a few crackers will be organised between now & Sunday but the general reaction is decidedly muted," Omar tweeted.

The PDP has often celebrated such occasions by bursting crackers but has not exhibited such euphoria so far, possibly because there are many who oppose such an alliance in the Valley.

The two parties have drafted a common minimum programme. The BJP has agreed not to disturb the "current constitutional status", an allusion to Article 370 that guarantees the state special status.

The BJP has also agreed to facilitate steps for gradual withdrawal of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act, provided there is an appreciable decline in violence in specific areas.