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Hindustan Times
15-07-2025
- Politics
- Hindustan Times
I will bet my life, it was all scripted: PC chief Sajjad Lone
Peoples Conference chairman and Handwara legislator Sajjad Gani Lone on Monday advised J&K chief minister to step down to save the institution of chief minister and also offered to follow him Handwara legislator Sajjad Lone (File) Lone who is seen as vocal critic of J&K chief minister Omar Abdullah said today's happenings at Martyrs graveyard was all scripted and termed National Conference and the PDP as 'kings parties'. 'For a moment I was impressed. But now that you have given a ball by ball commentary of your so called struggle in reaching the Martyrs Graveyard — I will bet my life. It was all scripted,' Lone wrote on X. He also advised J&K chief minister to safeguard the institution of CM. 'I will still tell you. That the institution of CM is much bigger than the person of the incumbent CM. Please save this institution. Please step down. I will be the first person to follow you. That a security person will try to grapple or stop a chief minister is a humiliation for all of us. Don't set a precedence which others will have to follow. A precedence of humiliation.' Lone said that these choreographed events are too predictable and termed National Conference and the PDP as King's parties. 'Stop insulting the intelligence of common Kashmiri. There are two King's parties in Kashmir. One gets to have a dramatic access a day before 13 July and the second one gets access a day after 13 July. Truly magical.'
Hindustan Times
04-07-2025
- Politics
- Hindustan Times
Sajad Lone files RTI to assess job reservation impact on Kashmiris
Peoples Conference president and Handwara legislator Sajad Gani Lone on Thursday called for a 'scientific and statistical analysis' of the reservation policy, claiming that it disproportionately affects the Kashmiri-speaking ethnic group. Peoples Conference president and Handwara legislator Sajad Gani Lone. (File) Lone, in a statement, said that he has filed an application under the Right to Information (RTI) Act to gather recruitment data from the last ten government examinations. This data, he said, will help create a 'statistically scientific basis' to evaluate the policy's impact. 'We need the actual marks scored by candidates and the final selection list. By comparing a merit list without reservation with one where reservation is applied, we can quantify the damage inflicted on the Kashmiri-speaking ethnic group,' Lone said. He proposed using selection data from past ten recruitment exams as a sample set, which could be expanded later for broader statistical relevance. 'If the government introduces a revised reservation system, the party will apply it retrospectively to the same recruitment data to assess its effects,' he added. Describing the approach as rational and evidence-based, Lone said, 'Let us end all debates and decide things purely on a scientific basis. And apply remedies on a scientific basis,' he said. In a message to policymakers, Lone cautioned against letting electoral considerations overshadow youth interests. 'Let us separate votes from the future of our youngsters. Let dreams not be massacred at the altar of votes,' he said.
