Jammu, May 12 -- Srinagar, May 12 (KNS); J&K Peoples Conference President and Handwara MLA Sajad Lone on Tuesday launched a scathing indictment against the Roads and Buildings Department, accusing it of deliberately tampering with his official road project list under the C&T sector. He highlighted the brazen deletion of his recommended projects while substituting roads his office had never proposed or sanctioned.

Addressing Chief Minister Omar Abdullah directly, Lone said the move amounted to humiliating and belittling an elected representative.

"We had submitted our proposed plan to the R and B department under C and T sector. I was perusing the list released by the department. They have tinkered with the list, deleted some roads sent ...