I met the Mrs Gandhi 10 days ago & thanked her for all her support. I conveyed NC's decision to fight the elections alone 1/n — Omar Abdullah (@abdullah_omar) July 20, 2014

I explained the reasons but also told her I wouldn't be making a public announcement because I didn't want it to look opportunistic 2/n — Omar Abdullah (@abdullah_omar) July 20, 2014

For it to be spun now as a Cong decision is wrong & a complete distortion of the facts, not surprising but incorrect none the less 3/3 — Omar Abdullah (@abdullah_omar) July 20, 2014

NEW DELHI: The Congress has decided to go alone in the upcoming assembly elections in Jammu & Kashmir by putting up candidates on all 87 seats.Senior Congress leader Ambika Soni said that the party will contest all 87 assembly seats in the state alone.Congress-National Conference coalition government came to power under chief minister Omar Abdullah in January 2009.According to sources, workers of both parties are against going together in the polls.However, Omar Abdullah pointed out that it was his party's decision to end the alliance with Congress. The J&K chief minister posted on twitter that he had met Congress president Sonia Gandhi 10 days ago and told her about his party's decision to end ties.