Srinagar, Jan. 2 -- J&K People's Conference (PC) president and Handwara MLA Sajad Gani Lone on Thursday termed the National Conference-led government's tenure a "saga of betrayal", saying that 2025 has been unequivocally exposed as a "year of lies".

Addressing a conference in Handwara, Lone said that the current government's flagship election promises, categorising them as a calculated deception and said that instead of the promised free 200 units of electricity, residents in non-metered areas have been slapped with a 50% hike in tariffs.

"The promise of 12 gas cylinders has vanished and the pledge of one lakh jobs has morphed into a "major outsourcing scam", where permanent government posts are being auctioned off to private companies ...