SRINAGAR — People’s Conference president Sajad Gani Lone hit out at the attempt to “communalise the medical sciences” after a BJP MLA demanded reservations for Hindus in MBBS admissions of a university. Lone, a former ally of the BJP, asserted that positions in medical colleges should be secured through a merit-based national-level test. Several Hindu […]
SRINAGAR — People’s Conference president Sajad Lone on Thursday appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to ensure the safety of Kashmiris outside the union territory. “Please ensure that any citizen of India, including Kashmiris, is not harassed in their own country,” Lone said and expressed concern over reports of harassment they face across the country. […]
SRINAGAR — CPI(M) MLA from Kulgam M Y Tarigami on Wednesday urged the Jammu and Kashmir government to facilitate the shifting back of Kashmiri prisoners lodged in jails outside the Union Territory. Speaking during the Zero Hour proceedings of the Jammu and Kashmir assembly, Tarigami said the detainees from J-K, including Democratic Freedom Party chief […]
SRINAGAR — People’s Conference chief Sajad Lone on Saturday accused the ruling National Conference in Jammu and Kashmir of “gifting” seven votes to the BJP to ensure the saffron party’s victory on one seat in the Rajya Sabha polls held on Friday, calling the elections a “fixed match” between the two parties. The National Conference […]
SRINAGAR — People’s Conference president Sajad Gani Lone on Sunday said the Public Safety Act (PSA) is a draconian law that has been used with impunity by all chief ministers and governors of Jammu and Kashmir. While reacting to a post by AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi, the MLA from Handwara said the PSA was not […]
SRINAGAR — The barbaric attack on innocent tourists in Pahalgam has awakened the people of Kashmir, who will no longer tolerate violence, Peoples Conference Chairman Sajad Gani Lone said on Monday. Speaking on a resolution passed by the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly to condemn the April 22 terror attack that claimed the lives of 26 […]
SRINAGAR — People’s Conference supremo Sajad Gani Lone on Saturday highlighted “stark regional imbalances” in issuing reservation certificates in Jammu and Kashmir and alleged the entire concept of reservation in the Union Territory was “rigged” against Kashmir. Lone cited the data he had received in response to a question in the assembly to claim that […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir People’s Conference (PC) President and Handwara MLA, Sajad Lone, launched a sharp critique of the recently presented state Budget, calling it a “politically motivated exercise” that lacks financial viability, a statement by the PC said on Tuesday. Speaking in the Assembly, Lone asserted that Budget formulation is a strategic and […]
JAMMU — Jammu & Kashmir Peoples’ Conference (JKPC) president and MLA Sajad Gani Lone staged a walk out of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly on Tuesday after his motion for amendments regarding Article 370, police verification and alleged rigging in 1987 elections was disallowed by the Speaker. Immediately after the question hour ended in the […]
JAMMU — People’s Conference chief Sajad Gani Lone and Apni Party supremo Altaf Bukhari on Tuesday highlighted the need for a united struggle for the restoration of Jammu and Kashmir’s statehood. The Jammu and Kashmir unit of the Shiv Sena (UBT) also demanded an end to the dual-power system and advocated for an immediate return […]