Jammu and Kashmir local leaders should help Centre deliver on promises, says Sajad Gani Lone

Srinagar, July 1

The political leadership of Jammu and Kashmir has to create an enabling environment to ensure the Centre delivers on its promises, People’s (PC) Conference chairman Sajad Gani Lone said on Thursday as he expressed hope that the recent all-party meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi would start “a phase of reconciliation”.

Addressing a press conference here, Lone said every leader spoke in favour of the people in the meeting, the first such exercise after the Centre abrogated J&K’s special status under Article 370 in August 2019.

“Everyone spoke well and I will give equal marks to all. As on date, there are no winners and losers. It is a long process. We have to ensure that Delhi delivers and we have to make an enabling environment for them to deliver and that cannot be done by rhetoric,” he said.

He said his party would strive to create an enabling environment to facilitate delivery mechanisms by New Delhi. The people of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir would be the only losers if the delivery of the promises becomes difficult or if it is delayed, Lone said. — PTI