Peace, progress and employment would be the three top priorities of his government, chief minister designate of Jammu and Kashmir Omar Abdullah said here Saturday.
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The president of the National Conference said his party was joining the ruling coalition at the centre as well.

Omar said he would be formally sending a communication to the Lok Sabha speaker, the chairman of the Rajya Sabha and to United Progressive Alliance (UPA) chairperson Sonia Gandhi Saturday of the decision of his party, the regional National Conference (NC), to be part of the UPA at the centre.