Not celebrating BJP-PDP breakup, won't form government with any party in J&K: Omar Abdullah

The Jammu & Kashmir National Conference (JKNC) on Tuesday said that it will not support any party to form the government in the state. 

"I met Governor NN Vohra and told him that the National Conference did not get the mandate to form the government in 2014 and neither does it has the mandate to form the government in 2018. We have not approached any party to form a coalition government. No party has approached us either," NC leader and former Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said. 

His remarks came soon after the BJP pulled out of its alliance with the PDP in Jammu and Kashmir. 

BJP's general secretary Ram Madhav said it had become untenable for the party to continue in the alliance government in the state.

Abdullah said he told Vohra that since no party has the mandate to form a government, he will have to impose Governor rule in the state. 

He said he is not celebrating the break of PDP-BJP alliance in the state but is actually mourning the death of democracy.

Would have liked to see Mehbooba resigning with dignity rather than rug being pulled under her feet, Omar said. 

On BJP's reasoning it pulled out of the government as the situation had gotten dire in the state, Omar said, "If the situation was not dire for the last one and half month then what constituted dire situation." 

"We also requested the Governor that Governor rule should not remain imposed for a long time period. After all, people have the right to choose their government. Fresh elections should take place & we will accept the mandate of the people," he added.