I have no regrets over my decision to quit: Azad

J&K Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad says that he has no regrets over his decision to resign and that he had laid foundation for a "corruption-free and militancy-free state."

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad on Monday said he had no regrets over his decision to resign and that he had laid foundation for a "corruption-free and militancy-free state."

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"Now I can sleep more than four hours," the 59-year-old Azad told PTI after submitting his resignation to Governor N N Vohra.

Making it clear that he was going to stay in the state and steer his party to victory in the forthcoming elections, Azad said, "I have done as much as I could do for the people of the state...I am satisfied with my stay."

Asked why he did not seek a confidence vote, Azad said "I brought the anti-defection law into the state and now I never wanted to indulge in horse trading myself."

"I have laid the foundation for a corrupt and peaceful Jammu and Kashmir and I hope that it will continue to remain so," Azad said.

"But going against the whips of their party would have tantamounted to horse-trading," he said.