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""Mufti sahib and his time in government was a golden time for the state. ""But this time, it was a difficult decision," she said, adding, "Forming an alliance with the BJP was like drinking poison. I suffered during the two years and two months of the alliance. The state developed and prospered during that time. JAMMU: Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti said on Monday she had suffered by joining hands with the BJP under the current Narendra Modi government and referred, in comparison, to the tenure of the Atal Bihari Vajpayee-led central government as "golden times" even though her party, the PDP, was then in alliance with the Congress in the state..