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Omar offers to quit

By Our Special Correspondent

NEW DELHI APRIL 30. The National Democratic Alliance today received another jolt with an NDA constituent, the Jammu and Kashmir National Conference, deciding to abstain from voting on the Opposition-sponsored censure motion on Gujarat in the Lok Sabha and its Minister, Omar Abdullah, offering to resign from the Vajpayee Government.

The National Conference move comes a day after the Lok Janshakti Party of Ram Vilas Paswan decided to support the motion and Mr. Paswan tendered his resignation from the Union Cabinet.

The decision was conveyed to the Prime Minister, Atal Behari Vajpayee, by the NC representatives, Mr. Abdullah, and the party's Lok Sabha leader, Ali Mohammed Naik.

Mr. Abdullah decided to resign since he felt that it was morally untenable to remain as a Minister after the NC's stand.

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