Srinagar, Sep 30: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday said he would rather resign than enter into an alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to hasten statehood for Jammu and Kashmir.

Speaking at an event in the Achabal area of south Kashmir’s Anantnag district, CM Omar said he was not ready to make any political compromise for statehood. “If you (people) are ready, then tell me, because I am not ready to make that trade. If it is needed to include the BJP in the government, then accept my resignation. Make any MLA here the chief minister and form the government with the BJP, I am not ready for that,” he said.

The CM said that had he included the BJP in the government, the statehood might have been restored sooner.

“Should we have included the BJP in the government? There was

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