“At the same time I can't help wonder what BJP would have said if a PM designate Rahul Gandhi had done the same thing,” Omar said.
Mehbooba said Modi would perhaps be the first Prime Minister ever to invite a Pakistani premier to his swearing-in ceremony.
“It's a good omen to invite Pakistan Prime Minister for Modi's swearing-in. It's a pleasant surprise and quite unbelievable,” said Mehbooba, who was elected to Lok Sabha from the Anantnag seat.
Mehbooba said that extending the invite for the swearing in to leaders of SAARC countries was a positive beginning.
“It's the confidence of the mandate that Modi has got which has given him this confidence that he can do certain things which no other Prime Minister could do,” she said, adding that the initiative by the prime minister-elect would generate hope among the people in South Asia.
