'Why didn't he find BJP-PDP alliance 'unholy'?: Omar tears into Guv. Malik

Shedding light on why NC decide to join hands with PDP and Congress despite having conflicting ideologies, he said "the BJP and PDP alliance was a amalgamation of north and south poles. In our case, our differences on certain issues are very less as compared to what the two parties earlier had."

Kashmir's main opposition leader of the National Conference (NC) and former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir Omar Abdullah speaks during a press confrence in Srinagar on November 22, 2018. - The governor of Indian-administered Kashmir dissolved the local legislative assembly late November 22 in a sudden move that could lead to fresh elections in the disputed region, the governor's office said in a statement. (Photo by Tauseef MUSTAFA / AFP)

Srinagar: National Conference Vice-President and former Jammu & Kashmir CM Omar Abdullah came down heavily on the Centre and Governor Satya Pal Malik for ensuring that his party is precluded from forming the state government along with People's Democratic Party and the Congress. Regarding the fax machine that became the cynosure of political attention on Wednesday, Abdullah, in a lighter vein said "it was very strange that the fax machine at the Governor's residence didn't receive our fax but swiftly issued one regarding the assembly dissolution. We have witnessed something like this for the first time". The controversy broke out last evening when the PDP, National Conference and the Congress  allied with a strength of 56 in the 87-member House and sent a letter to Raj Bhawan staking claim to form the state government. He said the fax machine was used to strangulate democracy as it only had "outgoing" and not "incoming" facility. Shedding light on why NC decide to join hands with PDP and Congress despite having conflicting ideologies, he said "the BJP and PDP alliance was a amalgamation of north and south poles. In our case, our differences on certain issues are very less as compared to what the previous two parties had." Abdullah said that Jammu and Kashmir was deprived of a government because of which he took the mammoth risk of partnering with the PDP. "We took the risk of allying with PDP despite knowing that our political representation would have taken a serious but we still agreed only to save democracy and removing the state from the swamp," he added. Abdullah took umbrage over BJP leader Ram Madhav's allegations of 'forming alliances on order of Pakistan' and dared him to prove his point. "We never have indulged in horse trading for political benefits. Our workers have given their blood and sweat for the party. I dare Ram Madhav to prove allegation that alliance with PDP was formed at Pakistan's behest. BJP should get rid of its shoot and scoot politics." Meanwhile,  Governor Malik has maintained that he was playing an impartial role for the welfare of the state’s people and to ensure an unholy alliance is not formed in the state.