Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah resigns

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah resigns:

Jammu and Kashmir CM Omar Abdullah met state governor and submitted his resignation on Tuesday following the opposition PDP's allegation that he was involved in the sex scandal.

Meanwhile the CBI today said the name of Omar Abdullah never figured in the 2006 sex scandal case in which two ministers of the then PDP regime were arrested.

Earlier in the state assembly, the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) had alleged that chief minister Omar Abdullah was involved in a sensational sex scandal that rocked the state in 2006.

There was high drama in the assembly as Abdullah said he would step down and not return till his name was cleared.

Members of his National Conference surrounded him and tried to physically stop him from leaving, but a determined Abdullah strode out of the house.

In 2006, a minor girl in Srinagar had accused senior politicians, bureaucrats and police officers of raping her. The Jammu and Kashmir High Court intervened and handed over the probe to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). The CBI later presented a chargesheet and a trial is underway at a sessions court in Punjab.

On Tuesday, the scandal came back to haunt Kashmiri politicians.

Senior PDP leader Muzaffar Hussain Baig submitted a list of what he said was the accused in the case prepared by the CBI. According to Baig, Abdullah's name was 102 in the list.

Immediately after this, Abdullah got up and said he could not continue functioning as the chief minister under such circumstances.

"After the proceedings of the house today, I will go to the governor and submit my resignation. I cannot work as the chief minister until my name is cleared from the list of the accused persons," a charged Abdullah said.

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