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Srinagar:
Senior leader and former MLA from Bandipora, Nizamuddin Bhat, has disassociated himself from the Sajad Lone-led People’s Conference.
Bhat confirmed that he has parted ways with the party with “dignity and respect.” He explained that he was not actively involved when he joined the party. “I was appointed as chairman of the party’s Parliamentary Board, but when Sajad Lone declared his candidacy for the Lok Sabha polls, he didn’t consult the board and announced the decision on his own. I was virtually insulted,” Bhat said.
Despite this, Bhat supported the party during the election. However, he felt humiliated when he was not invited to a core group meeting held yesterday. “No conscientious person will tolerate such humiliation. So I am no longer with the party,” he added.
Bhat emphasized that he has no complaints and that he left the party with dignity and respect. “These two instances led to my decision to part ways with the party,” he stated.
This decision comes at a time when the party faced defeat in the recently concluded Lok Sabha polls, where Sajad Lone, the party’s candidate from Baramulla constituency, lost to independent candidate Er Rashid by a significant margin. Lone finished third, behind former chief minister Omar Abdullah, who was the National Conference candidate for the Baramulla seat. (KNO)
