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Hindustan Times
a day ago
- 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.'

New Indian Express
30-06-2025
- Politics
- New Indian Express
New political alliance 'Peoples Alliance for Change' launched in Kashmir
SRINAGAR: Three Kashmir-based political parties have come together to form a new political alliance named the Peoples Alliance for Change. The alliance comprises the Peoples Conference, led by MLA Sajjad Gani Lone; the Peoples Democratic Front (PDF), headed by former MLA Hakim Mohammad Yasin; and the Justice & Development Front (JDF), a newly-formed party comprising former members of the now-banned Jamaat-e-Islami. The announcement was made at a press conference in Srinagar by JDF President Shamim Ahmad Thoker, who emphasised the alliance's aim to work collectively for the people of Jammu and Kashmir while maintaining consistency in political messaging. 'We must unite to serve the people,' said Thoker, stressing the importance of political unity in the region. He added, 'This alliance is the beginning, not the end. We will approach other like-minded parties to join us in our pursuit of change. This platform seeks to unite those who have endured pain and to exclude those who have inflicted it.'