Srinagar, July 24 -- Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday rejected Union minister J P Nadda's claim linking his government to the SSB paper leak in Jammu and Kashmir, saying the incident occurred under the LG administration in 2022, long before his government took office in 2024.

Abdullah was responding to remarks made by Nadda during a press conference on Wednesday, where the Union health minister accused the NC and the Congress of remaining silent on paper leak scandals.

"You are absolutely correct about the SSB paper leak in J&K @JPNadda ji but you have got the date wrong. It was 2022," Abdullah said in a post on X.

"The government wasn't of NC and Congress. It was a government headed by Lt. Governor but thank you for reminding ...