Excesses, talks don’t gel: APHC warns Govt

Saying the Centre was yet to deliver on promises it made during the January 22 meeting, the Hurriyat leader claimed that the 32 people released on Id-ul-Zuha were either ikhwanis, thieves or common people who had committed petty crimes. ‘‘No political activist was released,’’ he said.

‘‘There is enough time to the second round of talks. We urge the Centre to consider the promises it made,” he said.

Reacting to the split in the People’s Conference, an important constituent of the Hurriyat executive council, Bhat said the conglomerate has ‘‘accepted Bilal as the PC chairman and the Hurriyat has no reservations on that’’. ‘‘All the Hurriyat constituents accepted Bilal’s representation in its executive,’’ Bhat added.

Terming Sajjad’s letter addressed to Hurriyat chairman Maulana Abbas Ansari as ‘‘unparliamentary’’, Bhat said the conglomerate had strong objections to the language used against its member (read Mirwaiz Umar Farooq). ‘The matter is over,’’ he added.

Meanwhile, Sajjad Gani Lone today presided over a meeting of office-bearers. Sources said the PC discussed ‘‘Bilal’s indisciplined and unconstitutional act of appointing himself as chairman’’ at the meeting. The PC is convening a press conference tomorrow where it is likely to expel Bilal from the party, sources added.