Jammu and Kashmir Governor N N Vohra today rejected the resignation of Chief Minister Omar Abdullah over allegations by opposition PDP linking him to the 2006 sex scandal saying there was no basis in the charges ending a three-day high-voltage political drama.
A visibly relieved Abdullah said that he would return to office tomorrow after he got a communication from Vohra who said he had gone into the allegations levelled against him on Tuesday and that there was no truth.
According to an official spokesman, the Governor, who was in New Delhi today, got the matter inquired through the Union Ministry of Home Affairs following the stunning allegation levelled by senior PDP leader Muzaffar Hussein Beigh on the floor of the state Assembly.
"The Governor has advised the Chief Minister that, based on the information supplied to him by the Union Home Ministry, there is no basis for Abdullah seeking to resign," he said. 39-year-old Omar tendered his resignation on July 28 within hours after Beigh made the allegation and asked the Governor to accept it if there is any basis in the charges.
The Governor advised Omar to "most vigorously devote himself to discharging responsibilities of Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir".
"I hope this letter serves as a lesson to such elements who are interested in destablising the Government and are basically anti-people," Omar told reporters while receiving his well-wishers including all his cabinet ministers amid celebrations at his Gupkar residence shortly after he received the Governor's letter.
The PDP cried foul over the development with its President Mehbooba Mufti refusing to accept that he had ever resigned and said that Vohra had nothing to reject.Jammu and Kashmir Governor N N Vohra today rejected the resignation of Chief Minister Omar Abdullah over allegations by opposition PDP linking him to the 2006 sex scandal saying there was no basis in the charges ending a three-day high-voltage political drama.
A visibly relieved Abdullah said that he would return to office tomorrow after he got a communication from Vohra who said he had gone into the allegations levelled against him on Tuesday and that there was no truth.
According to an official spokesman, the Governor, who was in New Delhi today, got the matter inquired through the Union Ministry of Home Affairs following the stunning allegation levelled by senior PDP leader Muzaffar Hussein Beigh on the floor of the state Assembly.
"The Governor has advised the Chief Minister that, based on the information supplied to him by the Union Home Ministry, there is no basis for Abdullah seeking to resign," he said. 39-year-old Omar tendered his resignation on July 28 within hours after Beigh made the allegation and asked the Governor to accept it if there is any basis in the charges.
The Governor advised Omar to "most vigorously devote himself to discharging responsibilities of Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir".
"I hope this letter serves as a lesson to such elements who are interested in destablising the Government and are basically anti-people," Omar told reporters while receiving his well-wishers including all his cabinet ministers amid celebrations at his Gupkar residence shortly after he received the Governor's letter.
The PDP cried foul over the development with its President Mehbooba Mufti refusing to accept that he had ever resigned and said that Vohra had nothing to reject.
