Jammu, June 20 -- Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Friday criticised PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti and People's Conference leader Sajjad Lone for not raising the issue of reservation in recruitment when they had the opportunity.

While speaking to reporters on the Cabinet Sub-Committee on reservations in recruitment, Abdullah said, "When Mehbooba Mufti needed votes, she strictly banned her party members from even talking about reservation... When contesting elections from Anantnag and needing votes from Rajouri and Poonch, why did she not talk about reservation then?... Sajjad Lone was close to the government for five years when all this was happening. We were evicted from our government houses, and our security was reduced, w...