Satya Pal Malik started public slandering of Kashmiris: People's Conference leader Sajjad Lone
Sajjad Lone, who heads a faction of People's Conference, has accused last governor of erstwhile Jammu and Kashmir Satya Pal Malik of being the first person to start public slandering of Kashmiris and helping in removal of Article 370 in August 2019. Lone, who was a part of separatist conglomerate Hurriyat Conference till assassination of his father in early 2000, also said that his attempt to stake claim to form a government in 2018 after the BJP withdrew support to PDP led by Mehbooba Mufti was «not serious». In an interview with the PTI, Lone acknowledged that he did not have numbers but had reached out to Malik asking him for some time for government formation.
Malik, while terming Lone as a «blue-eyed boy» of the Centre, had claimed that the Peoples Conference leader wanted to be chief minister just before the dissolution of the Assembly in 2018 with only six MLAs.
Throwing light on behind-the-scenes political manoeuvring that preceded the dissolution of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly by him in 2018, Malik had claimed that Lone informed him that he had six MLAs but «told me if you administer me the oath, I will prove my majority in a week», a proposal which was rejected.
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