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Former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir and National Conference leader Omar Abdullah called for the immediate dissolution of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly and holding of fresh elections in the state.

The Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday broke three-year-old ruling coalition with the Peoples Democratic Party in the state, and on Wednesday morning J&K was placed under Governor's rule.

"The J&K state assembly should be dissolved immediately & fresh elections should take place as soon as appropriate. The former DCM has admitted that BJP can't be trusted not to horsetrade for Govt formation," Abdullah tweeted.

The J&K state assembly should be dissolved immediately & fresh elections should take place as soon as appropriate. The former DCM has admitted that BJP can’t be trusted not to horsetrade for Govt formation. https://t.co/dbX4bK8goc

— Omar Abdullah (@OmarAbdullah) June 20, 2018

Abdullah was reacting to former Deputy Chief Minister and BJP leader Kavinder Gupta's statement that his party was "working on something."

"I don't think a new government will be formed anytime soon. Uncertainties are there, but we are working on something and people will get to know about it," Mr. Gupta had reportedly said.

It was claimed by Abdullah that Gupta's statement hinted at the BJP's attempts to break other parties to form a regime in Jammu and Kashmir.

"What do you mean 'we are working on something'? The only 'something' would be to break other parties & make up the numbers to form a BJP Govt. Has the former DCM inadvertently spilled the beans?" Mr. Abdullah questioned on Twitter.

On a news report about Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh not being kept in the loop about the BJP's decision to pull out of the government, he tweeted, "If this story is true & @HMOIndia didn't know about the impending demise of the BJPDP alliance then the fact that it caught me & my colleagues by surprise is really no big deal."

By Sowmya Sangam