‘What a comedown’: Sajad Lone criticises NC over LG’s address to J&K Assembly

Jammu, Mar 03: Jammu & Kashmir Peoples’ Conference (JKPC) president and MLA Handwara Sajad Gani Lone on Monday criticised National Conferene (NC) over Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha’s address to J&K Legislative Assembly in which according to Lone, there was no mention of Article 370, 35(A) etc.

Lone accused NC of doing away with ornamentalism, and said the ruling party doesn’t even want to pretend that they have anything to do with Article 370.

Notably Jammu & Kashmir’s special status under Article 370 and 35(A) were nullified by BJP government on August 05, 2019 and split the erstwhile state of J&K into two Union Territories.

Taking to micro-blogging site X (formerly Twitter) Lone said: “The governors address is indistinguishable from a possible BJP speech, had they been in power. There seems to be total ideological overlap”.

“No mention not even remotely of Article 370, Article 35 A. No mention of 5 August 2019. No mention of reorganisation Act. Seems the NC government has finally done away even with ornamentalism. They don’t even want to pretend that have anything to do with Article 370,” he said on X.

“I remember how during election campaign it was all about Article 370, and how all others are BJP. And now the ideological overlap,” post added.

“What a comedown. And if this address was a vision statement of the government, it is as visionless as it can get. It is a generalised departmental statement without any new political, social or economic intiative,” PC president and MLA Handwara Lone stated on X.

“So be prepared for an aimless, visionless spell of governance, bereft of any newness in approach or any creativity. Same beaten track. The bureaucrats ran the last administration. The bureaucrats will run this administration. The political contribution to governance is all set to be nonexistent,” he highlighted on X.