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Will resign rather than ally with BJP for statehood restoration: Omar Abdullah
Sep-30-2025

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said he would rather resign than enter into an alliance with the BJP to expedite statehood for the Union Territory.

Addressing an event in Anantnag district, Omar Abdullah said, ‘If you (people) are ready, then tell me, because I am not ready to make that trade. If it is needed to include the BJP in the government, then accept my resignation. Make any MLA here the chief minister and form the government with the BJP’. Abdullah said he was not ready to make any political compromise for statehood.

Omar said had he included the BJP in the government, the statehood might have been restored sooner. He said, ‘Like Mufti Mohammad Sayeed and Mehbooba Mufti did in 2015 and 2016, I could have chosen that path. Perhaps statehood would have come sooner, but I chose to keep the BJP away from power. We may have to wait longer, but I will never allow them to enter government through us.’


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