Far from the buzz, Hurriyat takes a day off

For the former Hurriyat chairman and president of Muslim Conference, Prof Abdul Gani Lone, it was a day to relax, watch cricket and meet his party members. 8216;8216;I was at home the whole day. I slept for some time and met people who had come in,8217;8217; he said. 8216;8216;Then I watched some old cricket matches. There was an interesting match between Pakistan and West Indies, which Pakistan had won by 22 runs.8217;8217;

Hurriyat leader and chairman of People8217;s Conference Bilal Gani Lone, too, stayed home. For him, it was a day to be spent with his kids. 8216;8216;After a long time, I got the chance to sit with my kids, play with them and watch television,8217;8217; he said. He informed The Indian Express that after long he found some time for his account books. 8216;8216;I am a businessman and I managed some time to go through the accounts today. It was a quiet day.8217;8217;

For Nayeem Khan, it was an opportunity to visit his family home at Pattan, some 30 kilometers from Srinagar. 8216;8216;Heavy security was deployed in the city,8217;8217; he said 8216;8216;and I thought it was better to pay a visit to my family home in the village. I am also into some farming there.8217;8217;

Khan said he was unaware of what happened on the first day of the roundtable. 8216;8216;I wanted to watch the news, but we have no cable connection in our village,8217;8217; he said.