Srinagar, Aug. 28 -- J&K Peoples Conference President and Handwara MLA Sajad Lone has taken a firm stand with incumbent leaseholders in Gulmarg while exposing the systematic corruption that created the current crisis.

In a statement issued, Sajad Lone asserted, "In the case of extension of leases on government land in Gulmarg and other areas, I in my humble capacity am firmly on the side of the incumbent allottees. Nobody should be dispossessed from their properties after decades of possession."

The PC President revealed how this issue became personal when a school classmate told him their lease had expired and the government refused an extension. "As I grew up and joined politics, I could see that lease issue is more than a lease," he ...