Early Times Report
Srinagar, June 26: Outraged over not being invited for the core group meeting, former MLA Bandipora and senior leader Nizamuddin Bhat on Wednesday disassociated himself from Sajad Lone led People’s Conference.
Bhat had won the elections on the Peoples Democratic Party ticket but had deserted the party after the political landscape changed in Kashmir following the abrogation of Article 370. Bhat said that when he joined the party he was not actively involved. “I was appointed as chairman of the party's Parliamentary Board, but when Sajad Lone declared his candidature for Lok Sabha polls, he didn’t consult the board and announced the decision on his own. I was virtually insulted,” Bhat said.
He further said that he still tried his best in the election Bhat said that when he joined the party he was not actively involved.
I was appointed as chairman of the party's Parliamentary Board, but when Sajad Lone declared his candidature for Lok Sabha polls.
He didn’t consult the board and announced the decision on his own. I was virtually insulted.
He said that he still tried his best in the election and when there was the party's core group meeting on Tuesday, he was not invited, which was a humiliation to him.
He said that he disassociated from the party with dignity and respect, he has no complaint. “These two instances led to the decision of me parting ways with the party,” he said.
The decision of him parting ways comes at a time after the party faced defeat in the recently concluded Lok Sabha polls for which Sajad Lone was party’s candidate from Baramulla constituency.
Sajad Lone lost to independent candidate Er Rashid by a huge margin and was placed at number 3 after former chief minister Omar Abdullah who was National Conference candidate for Baramulla seat. | 