Sajad Lone unveils PC’s 'reconciliation roadmap'

Srinagar, May 9:  J&K Peoples Conference President Sajad Gani Lone today unveiled his party's vision for reconciliation.

According to a press release, he was addressing a workers' convention at Sumbal in Bandipora. PC General Secretary Imran Reza Ansari, Constituency Incharge Sonawari Yasir Reshi, and Spokesperson Adnan Ashraf Mir, were among others present on the occasion.

Lone promised to initiate a comprehensive "reconciliation roadmap" where

"Our prerogative will be to bring in a reconciliation package allowing our youth who may have gone astray, committed mistakes, to reintegrate seamlessly into society," he said . "We cannot let 30 percent of our population remain alienated," the PC President added.

He severely criticized National Conference, questioning their long tenure of 28 years in Parliament.

"They have no locus standi to ask for votes as they have brought no visible positive change that would have benefited the common man. Without any bias, we are asking them to cite a single developmental project that has transformed people's lives during this period," Lone said.

He added that NC has suppressed the majority of people in Kashmir and in 1996 Farooq Abdullah introduced a draconian verification system that made Kashmiris unfairly accountable for others' mistakes.

"If these are the kinds of leaders we have had, it is no surprise that I, along with countless others, have suffered relentlessly. But that oppressive era will soon come to an end," PC President vowed.

He blamed the NC Vice President Omar Abdullah for contradictory statements. "He has been caught in a dilemma - calling me a militant at times and labeling me a BJP ally at others. It is his party that has allied with every other party at the centre, decimating our very identity they now claim to preserve," he emphasized,” Lone said.

He pledged to prioritise core development issues like drinking water access, roads and bridges in Sumbal if sent to Parliament.

"A representative from the 99 percent majority who can raise people's voices fearlessly - that is the change we need," he asserted.