Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister and National Conference leader Omar Abdullah today made it clear that his party is not ready to support BJP in case the BJP-PDP alliance breaks.
Abdullah even said that Mehbooba Mufti should break her silence as she cannot keep the entire state guessing on government formation.
PDP leader "Mehbooba Mufti has been quiet for long and she can no longer remain silent. She must clarify her stand on two-three issues and clear the air as to what are those CBMs and how long she will wait for those Confidence Building Measures and why did the need of CBMs suddenly arise after the demise of Mufti Mohammed Sayeed," he said.
Abdullah said that although an elected government is not in place, the alliance between PDP and BJP still exists. "The agreement as far as our knowledge is concerned, the alliance (between BJP and PDP) still exists. We haven't heard either from BJP or PDP that alliance has been broken, so the alliance exists and if the alliance exists, then why not government (is formed).
"Agenda of the alliance was formed and Mufti sahab was made the chief minister. What has changed in the past ten months that today even though they have numbers in the assembly they are not ready to form the government", he said.
The National Conference chief said that the party has been telling them time and again that if they are not ready to form the government, they should be bold enough to break the alliance. "We will go back to the people, but I am unable to understand the way of their leadership. They ask for Confidence Building Measures, but I am not sure that within the party people know or not, but outside nobody knows what they have asked for," he said.