Will not vote for NC in Rajya Sabha polls: Sajad Lone

People’s Conference president Sajad Lone on Tuesday said his party will abstain from voting in the upcoming elections. Lone also said he will not vote for the National Conference (NC) candidate in any of the four Jammu and Kashmir seats in the upper house of Parliament.

“I would rather die than vote for the NC. Stop dictating to us who we should vote for and who we should not. You cannot label us. You are not a prince,” Lone, referring to Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, told reporters here.

The chief minister on Monday said the upcoming Rajya Sabha polls were a true test for political parties in J&K on whether they were friends of the BJP or opponents of the saffron party.

Lone shot back at the CM, “Today you are in the dock. You have to prove to the people of J&K that you did not deny a Rajya Sabha seat to Congress on BJP’s orders. Prove to the people of J&K that you are not sitting in BJP lap.” Lone said he would not be surprised if Abdullah accused the Congress of having a pact with the BJP. “Your sense of entitlement is synonymous with lunacy,” he added.