"I will not be part of any dispensation of which the BJP is also a part in the present scenario," Sheikh, who retained his seat in just-concluded assembly elections, told reporters here.
Sheikh said if the PDP and National Conference were sincere in fulfilling their agenda of self rule and autonomy which the two parties have been promising for a long time now, they should come together.
While the PDP has 28 MLAs, National Conference has 15 members in the newly-elected assembly and with Sheikh's support they can reach the 44-seat mark required to form the government.
Sheikh however, said the two parties did not seem to be serious as they had proved when he brought a resolution in the state assembly on parliament attack convict Mohammad Afzal Guru.
"It seems that both the parties are scared of Delhi and do not want to fulfill their election promises," he claimed.
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