Srinagar: National Conference (NC) president and Union Minister Omar Abdullah on September 30 announced that his party will pull out from the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government after the Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir and ruled out any alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Congress and People's Democratic Party (PDP) in the post-poll scenario.

"I will resign from the Union Ministry irrespective of whether my party comes to power or sits in the Opposition," Abdullah told reporters.

Abdullah, however, left the option open on the question of NC being part of the NDA after the elections saying that it would depend upon the progress on the autonomy talks with the Centre's interlocutor Arun Jaitley.

Asserting he would choose the time for his resignation, Abdullah categorically ruled out sending any replacement for him in the Union government. "I do not think we will have any representative in the Vajpayee ministry," Abdullah said.

He said that he was optimistic that his party would safely cross the halfway mark of 44 seats. However, in the event of the party failing to attain a majority, the NC will not have any truck with BJP, Congress or PDP. "I would rather sit in the Opposition than enter into an unholy alliance with parties like BJP, PDP and Congres," Abdullah said.

He said if the NC stakes claim to form the government in the event of a hung Assembly, it will be with other parties.

PTI