Sajad Lone lashes out at NC, PDP

Tribune News Service

Srinagar, May 21

People’s Conference chairman Sajad Gani Lone has castigated two regional parties — NC and PDP — for trivialising the sentiments of the people of Kashmir and their inherent tendency to lie to suit their interests.

In his statement on Tuesday, Sajad said both parties were now drifting towards power at the cost of the cause that they were purportedly advocating. “You boycotted the ULB elections and termed it ‘sham’ under the fig leaf of Article 35-A. Just answer one question. How seriously will New Delhi take you given the theatre you both enacted prior to the ULB poll? Those assertions of aspirations, of boycott to safeguard Article 35 A; was that all sham? Were you all along lying? We just pray that Delhi does not take your non-seriousness about Article 35 A as a reference point. Your covert participation and now overt acceptance makes a mockery of the cause that you were supposedly advocating. God save us all from advocates as murky as you!” he said.

“This is a section of the Kashmiri leadership, which was in headlines all across the country for boycotting ULB poll. Now, on the one hand it transpires an avowed boycott and on the other lust for power. The national leadership today has a good idea about the seriousness of these leaders and their tantalising lust for power. They today know they will sleep with the devil for the sake of power and sacrifice and belittle any cause that they advocate,” he said.

Sajad said People’s Conference has a clear and simple majority in the SMC and will continue to deliver on its promises. “Both parties need to see the writing on the wall that Srinagar is changing and taking strides towards hope and positivity under an overarching goal of self-empowerment and accountability,” he said.