{"id":19596,"date":"2026-05-12T00:42:21","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T00:42:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/?p=19596"},"modified":"2026-05-12T00:42:21","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T00:42:21","slug":"sajad-lone-slams-pdp-nc-for-gifting-rajya-sabha-seat-to-bjp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/2026\/05\/12\/sajad-lone-slams-pdp-nc-for-gifting-rajya-sabha-seat-to-bjp\/","title":{"rendered":"Sajad Lone slams PDP, NC for \u2018gifting\u2019 Rajya Sabha seat to BJP"},"content":{"rendered":"

Calls outsourcing of jobs \u2018front-door loot\u2019 by NC-led govt<\/strong><\/p>\n

Says Mehbooba creating, giving ruling party escape route on jobs<\/strong><\/p>\n

Srinagar, May 11: Peoples Conference president Sajad Lone on Sunday came down heavily on both the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the National Conference (NC) over cross-voting in the Rajya Sabha polls held in 2025, alleging they staged a \u201cfixed match\u201d to help the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) win a seat. Lone also termed the outsourcing of government jobs by the NC-led government as \u201cfront-door loot,\u201d while accusing Mehbooba Mufti of confusing people over the issue and giving the ruling party an escape route.<\/p>\n

Addressing a news conference here, as per news agency\u2014Kashmir News Observer (KNO), Lone slammed the PDP over the non-appointment of an authorized agent during the RS polls.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe believe that the PDP had malafide intentions. They intended to do something wrong, which is why they did not appoint an agent,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The PC president questioned Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on whether he was unaware of the PDP\u2019s failure to appoint an authorized agent.<\/p>\n

\u201cIs it true that a sitting chief minister came to know from the RTI that the PDP had not kept an agent?\u201d he asked.<\/p>\n

Slamming both PDP and NC, Lone said the parties that shouted the loudest against the BJP ultimately gifted it a seat.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne did not keep an agent, the other did not object. And even today, there are diversion tactics. They are diverting,\u201d Lone said.<\/p>\n

He alleged that both PDP and NC had a tie-up with the BJP in the RS polls.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe reason they did not appoint an agent is because they had a tie-up with the BJP. And the reason NC did not raise the issue is because they also had a tie-up,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The PC president termed the outsourcing of government jobs by the government as \u201cone lakh times worse\u201d than backdoor appointments, calling it \u201cfront-door stealing.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI had asked a question in the J&K Assembly: how many government jobs have you outsourced? The answer came, and they provided all of them separately. I tallied it, and found that about 22000 to 24000 people have jobs outsourced. These companies received about Rs 1000 crores,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Lone described outsourcing of jobs as a \u201cden of corruption\u201d and \u201cpoison for society.\u201d Referring to former CM Mehbooba Mufti\u2019s claim of 30000 backdoor appointments, he said: \u201cIf you don\u2019t know, call and ask. Don\u2019t confuse people. This is not backdoor, this is stealing from the front door.\u201d<\/p>\n

He accused Mehbooba Mufti of giving the ruling party an escape route by framing the issue as backdoor appointments.<\/p>\n

On the liquor ban row, Lone called it \u201cdrama\u201d by both NC and PDP. \u201cWhen NC was in opposition, they brought a bill to ban alcohol. PDP said no. When PDP came to power, NC brought the bill. Both issue permits when in power,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He added that none of them bans liquor when they are in power. \u201cWhen they are in power, none of them bans it. When they are out of power, you see whether it is PDP\u2019s government or this government, how many permits they issued,\u201d Lone said. (KNO)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Calls outsourcing of jobs \u2018front-door loot\u2019 by NC-led govt Says Mehbooba creating, giving ruling party escape route on jobs Srinagar, May 11: Peoples Conference president Sajad Lone on Sunday came down heavily on both the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the National Conference (NC) over cross-voting in the Rajya Sabha polls held in 2025, alleging […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":19597,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19596","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top-news","category-kt-front"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19596","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19596"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19596\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19598,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19596\/revisions\/19598"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19597"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}