Sajad Lone’s Peoples Conference pulls out of Gupkar alliance

Sajad Lone’s Peoples Conference (PC) on Tuesday pulled out of the Peoples Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD), a grouping of six Jammu and Kashmir regional parties fighting for the pre-August 5, 2019 position, saying “no party was willing to sacrifice”. “This alliance needed sacrifice. Every party had to sacrifice on the ground in terms of giving space to fellow allies. No party is willing to cede space, no party is willing to sacrifice. We fought against each other in Kashmir province and not against the perpetrators of August 5. And those who perpetrated August 5 and their minions are now vocally gleeful,” wrote Mr. Lone, in a letter addressed to the Gupkar alliance chairman Dr. Farooq Abdullah, who is also the president of the National Conference (NC).