Early Times Report
Jammu, July 1: After disowning political stalwart Muzaffar Hussain Baig for speaking ‘bluntly’ in the all-party meeting, Peoples Conference chairman Sajad Lone is now trying to be in the ‘good books of other Kashmir-centric parties.
His Thursday’s press conference in which he lavished all praise on participants of the all-party meeting is a clear indication of his changed mind.
“The participants from Jammu and Kashmir in the all-party meeting made their people proud and by representing their people in a good manner” he said.
He said that during the Delhi meet, leaders represented the genuine sentiments of the people and added that equal credit goes to everybody.
Welcoming the June 24 meeting attended by 14 prominent leader Lone had dumped PAGD
In the month of January this year, Sajad Lone had dumped the Gupkar Alliance over the fielding of proxy candidates by constituent parties against the officially mandated candidates of the alliance during DDC elections. Less than three months after the Peoples’ Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD), an amalgam of Jammu and Kashmir’s mainstream parties demanding restoration of Article 370 was formed, it received a jolt on when Sajad Lone decided to withdraw his Peoples’ Conference from the group.
“We welcome the meeting. It was held after two years; leadership demands that we should look towards the future for a bright tomorrow. We hope it starts a phase of reconciliation between Delhi and Srinagar. After what I read, I don’t think there is any single leader who did not make his people proud,” Lone said.
“We will strive to create enabling environment to facilitate delivery mechanism by Delhi. I as Kashmiri, not as a political leader, felt proud of all leaders there, they spoke for the people of Jammu and Kashmir, reflected the pain in a befitting manner. I pay my respects to all the leaders who were in June 24 meeting,” he added. | 