The National Conference (NC) leader and former Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today ruled out any tie up with BJP in government formation in Jammu and Kashmir. This comes even as his father Farooq Abdullah retracted from his yesterday's statement reportedly suggesting such a possibility.<br/><br/>Omar wrote on his Facebook page, his party was not power hungry and would not make an ideological compromise. He said, PDP is an ally of BJP, and NC is not obliged to rescue either PDP or BJP from the ensuing stalemate in their standing political alliance.<br/><br/>Speaking with reporters, NC chief Farooq Abdullah today retracted from his yesterday's statement. He called for dissolving the assembly and holding fresh elections, if the coalition partners PDP and BJP fail to form the government in Jammu and Kashmir.<br/><br/>Asked to comment on his statement in which he had said that his party's doors were open if BJP leadership approaches him to form the government in the state, Farooq said, he had never said that his party was going with BJP.<br/>The senior Abdullah added, NC has only 15 MLAs and with only 15 MLAs it cannot form the government.
News On AIR | January 17, 2016 4:37 PM
NC rules out tie up with BJP in J&K govt. formation