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Omar says he will resign
Srinagar, July 28 (PTI) In a dramatic development,Chief
Minister of India's northern state Jammu and Kashmir Omar
Abdullah Tuesday said he would resign from the post after a
senior PDP leader made a sensational allegation that he was
involved in the infamous 2006 'Srinagar sex scandal'.
"I know it is a false allegation. But I want to resign
till I am cleared of this false allegation. I cannot work
till I am proved innocent. It is a blot on my character.
"Any amount of investigation by the home department
will not not help. Till I am not able to prove my innocence,
I am going to give my resignation to the Governor," the 39-
year-old National Conference leader told the State Assembly, a
statement that shocked his party MLAs and Ministers.
The MLAs and Ministers physically restrained him from
going out, telling him not not to resign and that the party
would not not accept it.
Abdullah, who came to power in January this year at
the head of a NC-Congress coalition, was virtually forced to
take his seat by the ruffled members but he got up to shout at
them saying "allow me to take this first step"".
The whole drama began when PDP leader and former Deputy
Chief Minister Muzaffar Beig levelled the allegation that
Abduallah was involved in the infamous Srinagar sex scandal,
which was investigated by the CBI.
He claimed he had a list of people involved in the
scandal in which Abdullah, son of Farooq Abdullah, figured
against No. 102.
Referring to the CBI probe into the scandal and
asserting that the guilty had not not been punished, Beig said
"I have to say with regret, there is the name of Omar
Abdullah, son of Farooq Abdullah, in the list. He has lost the
moral authority to rule the state. He must resign."
The issue figured shortly after the Question Hour ended
in the House which yesterday witnessed pandemonium after PDP
leader Mehbooba Mufti wrenched a mike from the Speaker's
podium and tried to remove one more, showing her protest over
the issue of Shopian rape and murder case. She and other PDP
MLAs were immediately evicted.
In his immediate response, an emotional Abdullah, who
"he did not not really expect things to fall to such depths.
Ok, you have said what you wanted to. These people have been
pointing out for a long time.
"Under the rule of law, one is innocent until proven
guilty. It's my misfortune that this false allegation has
been made against me by a member of the PDP."
He said one could ignore if it was an allegation of
dacoity, theft or looting but this was a serious allegation.
"The allegation made against me is false. The truth
about the allegation made against me by a member of the PDP is
that I will be guilty unless proven innocent.
"It is a blemish on my character. There will be no
use even if you make the Home Department inquire into it. I
will not not be able to work till the time I am proved
innocent. I will go from here and hand over my resignation to
the Governor," he said. PTI
Minister of India's northern state Jammu and Kashmir Omar
Abdullah Tuesday said he would resign from the post after a
senior PDP leader made a sensational allegation that he was
involved in the infamous 2006 'Srinagar sex scandal'.
"I know it is a false allegation. But I want to resign
till I am cleared of this false allegation. I cannot work
till I am proved innocent. It is a blot on my character.
"Any amount of investigation by the home department
will not not help. Till I am not able to prove my innocence,
I am going to give my resignation to the Governor," the 39-
year-old National Conference leader told the State Assembly, a
statement that shocked his party MLAs and Ministers.
The MLAs and Ministers physically restrained him from
going out, telling him not not to resign and that the party
would not not accept it.
Abdullah, who came to power in January this year at
the head of a NC-Congress coalition, was virtually forced to
take his seat by the ruffled members but he got up to shout at
them saying "allow me to take this first step"".
The whole drama began when PDP leader and former Deputy
Chief Minister Muzaffar Beig levelled the allegation that
Abduallah was involved in the infamous Srinagar sex scandal,
which was investigated by the CBI.
He claimed he had a list of people involved in the
scandal in which Abdullah, son of Farooq Abdullah, figured
against No. 102.
Referring to the CBI probe into the scandal and
asserting that the guilty had not not been punished, Beig said
"I have to say with regret, there is the name of Omar
Abdullah, son of Farooq Abdullah, in the list. He has lost the
moral authority to rule the state. He must resign."
The issue figured shortly after the Question Hour ended
in the House which yesterday witnessed pandemonium after PDP
leader Mehbooba Mufti wrenched a mike from the Speaker's
podium and tried to remove one more, showing her protest over
the issue of Shopian rape and murder case. She and other PDP
MLAs were immediately evicted.
In his immediate response, an emotional Abdullah, who
"he did not not really expect things to fall to such depths.
Ok, you have said what you wanted to. These people have been
pointing out for a long time.
"Under the rule of law, one is innocent until proven
guilty. It's my misfortune that this false allegation has
been made against me by a member of the PDP."
He said one could ignore if it was an allegation of
dacoity, theft or looting but this was a serious allegation.
"The allegation made against me is false. The truth
about the allegation made against me by a member of the PDP is
that I will be guilty unless proven innocent.
"It is a blemish on my character. There will be no
use even if you make the Home Department inquire into it. I
will not not be able to work till the time I am proved
innocent. I will go from here and hand over my resignation to
the Governor," he said. PTI
