The Jammu and Kashmir unit of the BJP has served a Rs 100 crore defamation notice to Chief Minister Omar Abdullah for his remarks that the party was offering Rs 20-30 crore to MLAs to bring down his government. On his party convention on July 11 to observe the 26th death anniversary of his grandmother, Begum Akbar Jahan popularly known as the 'Madr-e-Meherbaan' (Benevolent mother), Omar Abdullah alleged that a senior BJP leader had approached one of his party's MLAs belonging to Jammu division offering Rs 20-30 crore, a ministerial berth and statehood to defect so that the National Conference government is brought down.

The defamation notice demands Omar Abdullah's unconditional public apology and withdrawal of the remarks within seven days.