NC-Cong-PDP alliance on the cards in J&K? What Farooq Abdullah said

"They haven't extended support, they haven't offered support and we don't know what the voters have decided yet, so I really wish we could put a lid on all this premature speculation for the next 24 hours," the NC vice president said in a post on X.

Farooq Abdullah on Monday said his party was open to the idea of taking support of Mehbooba Mufti's PDP to form government in the Union territory. "We can be rivals in elections but I have no objections and I am sure Congress will have no objections," he said.

Omar Abdullah also criticised Lok Sabha member Sheikh Abdul Rashid's suggestion to delay government formation until statehood is restored in Jammu and Kashmir. He argued that this would only benefit the BJP, which would prefer to extend Central rule in the region.