On Wednesday, People’s Conference Chairman Sajjad Ghani Lone said that the hands of the National Conference are “stained with the blood” of Kashmiri youth. He added that they cannot sympathise with Kashmiris.
Further, he said that there will be a day, when a third party will come into power at the Centre and will restore Article 370, adding that BJP and Congress will not give it back.
However, he also said that his struggle will continue till the return of Article 370 and said that the Congress party is also silent on it. “We believe that time will change and justice will be done to the Kashmiri people and the decisions of August 5 will be reversed,” he added.
He also welcomed hundreds of workers from different parties who joined the People’s Conference.
Previously in a statement, Sajjan said that the recent announcement by officials on the Election Commission about enabling non-locals to vote in the Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir has steered new set of anxieties among the J&K people. He also suggested that the government of India must come out with the real truth to allay their fears.
“The statement of ECI officials has heightened the fears. We know the set of laws that prevail across the country but what matters here is not the application of the law but the intentions of those implementing the law,” Sajad Lone said.
Notably, he also spoke of that in the last three years – the disempowerment of the citizens of J&K has become a continuous process.