SRINAGAR, April 27 -- Challenging the abrogation of Article 370 in the Supreme Court might have been a mistake but not doing so would have made things worse politically for the mainstream parties of Jammu and Kashmir, Peoples Conference chief Sajad Lone has said.
The separatist-turned-mainstream politician, who is contesting the Lok Sabha polls from the Baramulla seat, said the National Conference was "fooling" the people by talking about restoring Jammu and Kashmir's special status. Noting that the NC was a constituent of the INDIA bloc, Lone said if the party gets the opposition grouping to publicly commit to restore Article 370, he will not contest the polls.
The apex court in December last year upheld the Centre's August 5, 2019 decis...