The Congress on Tuesday ruled out the possibility of an alliance with the Peoples Democratic Alliance (PDP), making Governor's rule look imminent in Jammu and Kashmir after the BJP pulled out of the PDP-led coalition government.

Senior Congress leader and former state Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said the question of an alliance with the PDP "does not arise". "Whatever has happened is good. People of Jammu and Kashmir will get some relief. They (BJP) ruined Kashmir and have now pulled out," he said. Blaming the BJP for "devastating" the state government, Azad said that the regional parties like the PDP and Nationalist Conference should have been "left to themselves" in cobbling up a coalition among themselves and form the government.