Sajad Lone

After Jamaat-e-Islami ex-chiefs distance themselves from his new alliance, Sajad Lone lashes out -- ‘Know who’s behind it’

July 07, 2025 5:08 am

The alliance for a political “alternative” was announced last week by Lone, JDF president Shamim Ahmad Thoker and Yasin. While the JDF claims to be the political wing of the Jamaat, three former chiefs of the Islamic outfit distanced themselves saying it does not support any party, front or alliance.

Sajad Lone interview: 'Post-polls, Omar sounds and behaves more BJP than BJP... So-called secular media grills us, the oligarchs are let off'

July 07, 2025 2:32 pm

“Either Kashmiris do not know how to vote or the system is preset in such a manner that Kashmiris vote for a preset choice. We have our ideological differences within the alliance (People’s Alliance for Change), but we have decided to work on the overlaps,” says the JKPC chief

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J-K reservation system ‘rigged against Kashmiri-speakers’: Sajad Lone

March 15, 2025 6:54 pm

Lone pointed out that 67,112 reservation certificates were issued in the last two years under the Schedule Caste (SC) category, and that all of them were issued in the Jammu region.

Sajad Lone walks out of J-K Assembly after motions to amend Lt Governor’s address is not put up for discussion

March 04, 2025 3:20 pm

Lone had sought to include issues such as the restoration of special status and rights under Articles 370 and 35A of the Constitution in L-G Manoj Sinha’s address.

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir People's Conference Chairman Sajad Lone along with party chief spokesperson releases the party manifesto ahead of the state assembly elections, in Srinagar, Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024.

Not every Independent a collaborator, says Sajad Lone, promises to support any resolution on Article 370 in House

September 06, 2024 8:03 am

Lone was speaking while releasing the PC’s manifesto, which underscores the party’s commitment to fight for the restoration of Article 370, Article 35A and J&K’s statehood.

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‘Nobody is with the BJP during the elections. They are always with them after the elections’: Sajad Lone at Idea Exchange

May 13, 2024 11:37 am

Sajad Lone, president of the People’s Conference, on fighting the Lok Sabha election after 15 years, contesting against Omar Abdullah, his arrest post the abrogation of Article 370, being called a ‘BJP proxy’ and the disquiet on ground in Kashmir.

Inclusion of non-local voters has heightened fears of demographic change in J&K: Lone

August 19, 2022 5:11 pm

Lone said in the last three years, “disempowerment” of the inhabitants of Jammu and Kashmir has become a continuous process

Sajad Lone interview: 'Administration seen as aloof... overtly muscular. It weakens resolve of masses to fight terror... this anti-Muslim, anti-Kashmir discourse'

June 05, 2022 7:17 am

Lone speaks to The Indian Express about the targeted killings of minorities in Kashmir, the Centre’s handling of it, why it would be a disaster if Kashmiri Pandits leave, and why political engagement is becoming increasingly difficult.

Sajad Lone slams NC, PDP: No difference in BJP, Opp stand on Art 370

August 22, 2021 7:01 am

“The revocation of J&K’s special status as defined under Article 370, can only be reversed in the Parliament," Lone told The Sunday Express.

First crack in Gupkar alliance: Sajad Lone exits

January 20, 2021 2:07 am

Lone, who was the PAGD spokesperson, conveyed the decision in a letter to Farooq Abdullah, president of the alliance.