Click to play videoSrinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday resigned from the post after a senior PDP leader alleged that he was involved in the Srinagar sex scandal.
Declaring that he could not work till his name was cleared, an emotional Abdullah put in his papers.
In his resignation letter, Abdullah asked Governor NN Vohra to initiate an enquiry into the allegations levelled against him within a specified time frame.
"I would be grateful if in a time bound manner you can enquire into the allegations levelled against me at the the earliest," his political Advisor Davender Rana quoted Abdullah as saying.
There was high drama in the Assembly when Abdullah said he would step down and not return till the allegations were proved wrong. Members of his party, National Conference, surrounded him and tried to physically stop him from leaving, but a determined Abdullah walked out of the Assembly.
"I know it is a false allegation. I cannot work till I am proved innocent. It is a blot on my character,” Abdullah said.
"Any amount of investigation by the home department will not help. Till I am able to prove my innocence, I am going to give my resignation to the Governor," Abdullah told the State Assembly, a statement that shocked his party MLAs and Ministers.
The whole drama began when PDP leader and former Deputy Chief Minister Muzaffar Beig levelled the allegation that Abduallah was involved in the infamous Srinagar sex scandal.
He claimed he had a list of people involved in the scandal in which Abdullah's name figured.
“All we want is further investigation. I had initiated his inquiry by CBI. Unfortunately even CBI started dragging its feet. High ranking politicians’ names were also involved. CBI has given the first list of names. He is a suspect in the confidential court papers,” Baig alleged.
Congress in-charge of state Prithviraj Chavan had tried to stop Abdullah and asked him not to resign. The Congress alleged it was a trap to get Abdullah out of office, party sources said.
Abdullah became the Chief Minister of the National Conference-Congress coalition government in January 2009.
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