Srinagar, July 17 -- People's Conference (PC) chairman Sajjad Lone on Friday criticised J&K chief minister Omar Abdullah and ruling National Conference (NC) for Jantar Mantar Protest and asked NC to bring Statehood resolution in assembly first.

Lone, who is also legislator from Handwara, termed the protest as parallel with 1975 accord and said that dharnas historically produce little beyond media coverage, and suggested the protest also serves to distract from "governance failures".

Launching an attack on the NC, Lone questioned both the timing and the real motive behind CM Omar Abdullah's call for a sit-in at Delhi's Jantar Mantar to press for statehood and said his party's position has not shifted: the pre-August 5, 2019 status of Jam...