New Delhi: The Government will not react to the separatist amalgam Hurriyat Conference's decision not to take part in the Lok Sabha polls, Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani said today (April 15, 2004).

"I know the Hurriyat is under a lot of pressure from several quarters. Though they have not called for a poll boycott, it amounts to the same thing. The Government will not react to their decision," Advani told a press conference to mark the conclusion of his "Bharat Uday Yatra".

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He said talks with the umbrella organisation were likely to be resumed after the elections in May.

Advani declined to comment on the Congress allegation of a scam in the purchase of AK-47 rifles by the Union Home Ministry from a Bulgarian firm saying his Ministry has already given a statement in this regard.