Jammu
Former Chief Minister and National Conference vice-president Omar Abdullah on Monday accused the BJP of horse-trading in a bid to form the government before the recent dissolution of the Assembly.

He alleged that many MLAs were being blackmailed by the BJP to form the government with them. Without mentioning the names of the MLAs, he said: “Legislators were told to form the government with the BJP or face investigation by the National Investigation Agency or the CBI,” Omar said during a meeting of party workers here on Monday.

The BJP has ignored the aspirations of the Jammu region, he said while challenging it to announce the name of its chief ministerial candidate before the Assembly elections in the state.

Omar said the BJP had played “politics of division” by saying that the Kashmiri leaders had always ruled the state. “Despite having 26 seats, they had offered the chair of Chief Minister to a party with only two seats in Kashmir,” he said.

He said the BJP had failed at all fronts and all their assurances to Jammu had not been fulfilled. “They assured justice to refugees, UT status for Ladakh and much more, but failed at all fronts,” he said.