Srinagar, June 26 -- Peoples Conference president and Handwara legislator Sajad Lone in a scathing attack on National Conference leadership, questioned their ethical consistency and the sincerity of their rhetoric framing chief minister's resignation as a path to restoring Jammu & Kashmir's statehood.

In a statement, Lone said that in the history of NC nobody has ever resigned. "Nobody will ever resign in the future," he said accusing that the party "believes in the maxim. Power at any cost."

The remarks of Sajjad Lone came in response to Omar Abdullah's offer to resign for new elections if statehood is announced by the central government. Chief minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday had said that if statehood is granted to J&K he will ask L...