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Updated June 19th, 2018 at 20:01 IST

After the big BJP-PDP breakup, do these three tweets show that Omar Abdullah is keeping his options open?

Shortly after addressing a news briefing on the BJP pulling out of its alliance with the PDP, where he said that he and his JKNC party aren't in talks to form a government in Jammu and Kashmir, former J&K CM Omar Abdullah has issued a trio of tweets that leave a lot open to interpretation.

Reported by: Ankit Prasad
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Shortly after addressing a news briefing on the BJP pulling out of its alliance with the PDP, where he said that he and his JKNC party aren't in talks to form a government in Jammu and Kashmir, former J&K CM Omar Abdullah has issued a trio of tweets that leave a lot open to interpretation.

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The first is in reply to a tweet from what looks like a parody account, where a photo of BJP party president Amit Shah presenting outgoing J&K CM Mehbooba Mufti with a shawl has been shared. The caption reads, "Hand it back, I have to give this to Abdullah ji".

The tweet clearly hints at the BJP withdrawing support to the PDP and handing it over to the JKNC instead.

However, in reply, clearly having found the tweet funny, Omar Abdullah has written:

"Hahaha, Abdullah ji has a shawl & anyway who uses shawls in summer 😀"

During his news briefing, Omar Abdullah had said that while he had expected the BJP-PDP alliance to end, he hadn't thought it would happen so soon. Examining his reference to summer, could this be a tease for when winter comes and 'Abdullah ji' could require a shawl?

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In the second tweet, he shares a news report that says that BJP pulling out caught Mehbooba Mufti by surprise. On this, he writes:

"She was cutting ribbons while the BJP was cutting her legs out from under her. How I wish she had left with her head held high & her dignity intact! She was J&K’s CM, not of the BJPDP."

He had spoken of how Mehbooba Mufti should have been the one to call it off during his briefing as well.

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However, in his third tweet, Omar Abdullah changed his somewhat sympathetic stance from the previous post and hit out at something Mufti said in her news briefing. He took issue with her complaining that a "muscular policy" cannot be applied in Kashmir.

Abdullah has alleged that this discourse may be contrived and claimed that Mehbooba Mufti also oversaw such a policy unapologetically since 2016:

So which way will Omar Abdullah's pendulum swing?
 

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Published June 19th, 2018 at 19:26 IST

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