Sajad Lone Asks Omar Abdullah To Apologise Over "BJP's Team B" Claim
NDTV
Sajad Lone, who is being accused of being BJP's "team B" in the Valley, denied having any association with the party and blamed Omar Abdullah for helping BJP by creating a false narrative.
J&K People's Conference leader Sajad Lone said that BJP would have faced public rejection for scrapping article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir if it had contested polls in the Valley.Sajad Lone, who is being accused of being BJP's "team B" in the Valley, denied having any association with the party and blamed Omar Abdullah for helping BJP by creating a false narrative.
Mr Lone said the parliament election was the first test of "moral acceptance or rejection" of BJPs decision on Article 370 and they chose not field any candidate to avoid facing the defeat.
"I had this idea a year ago that BJP will not field candidates for parliament elections in Kashmir because it's the first election after abrogation of Article 370," said Mr Lone.