Srinagar, Sept. 7 -- J&K Peoples Conference President and MLA Handwara Sajad Lone while not opposing Sagarmal land auction made some suggestions to the government to manage its assets.

Commenting on the much-discussed Rs 421.75 crore land auction adjacent to Sangramal, won by a consortium comprising a local corporate entity headed by Mr. Mushtaq Chaya and a non-local corporate partner, Lone said that the government has no business being in business.

"It is not the job of the government to make shops, run marriage halls or undertake any corporate activity," he said, adding that the state must not crowd out private players by occupying commercial space that rightly belongs to them. The government's role, he maintained, is to enable and re...