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JAMMU: The Jammu and Kashmir BJP said Sunday that National Conference president Farooq Abdullah tried to " outsmart " the PDP by appearing to side with separatists with his threat to boycott assembly and parliamentary polls. "Farooq has been trying to fill the gap created by PDP after it formed the coalition government by taking on New Delhi and obliquely associating the NC with the Hurriyat. It claimed Abdullah was trying "all tricks" to fill the political void created by the PDP in the Valley after it had formed a coalition government in Jammu and Kashmir.The coalition collapsed in June, resulting in imposition of Governor 's rule in the state. It is facing legal challenge in the Supreme Court. "But now that the PDP is also trying to regain the lost turf, Farooq has tried to outsmart the PDP by a firm handshake with the separatists," Gupta said in a statement.He claimed that ever since Abdullah's return from London the NC president has been trying to emerge as a "kingmaker" on Kashmir's political scene using "all tricks at his disposal including politics of black mailing and browbeating the central government"..