Next J&K Chief Minister should seek a healthy, working relationship with Centre, Raj Bhawan: Omar Abdullah

National Conference (NC) leader Omar Abdullah has expressed strong reservations about the Centre's potential move of nominating five BJP MLAs to the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly. Mr Abdullah cautioned the Union government and Lieutenant Governor (LG) Manoj Sinha against making these nominations, warning that it could lead to unnecessary political conflict.

Under the rules governing Jammu and Kashmir, the Lieutenant Governor has the authority to nominate five members to the Legislative Assembly, which currently consists of 90 elected members. If these five nominees are from the BJP, as is speculated, it would increase the strength of the assembly to 95 members, thereby shifting the majority mark from 46 to 48.

"I would suggest them to not do it (nominate from BJP). Nominating these five will not change the government, so what is the use of it? You would unnecessarily nominate five people to sit in Opposition," Mr Abdullah said.