Srinagar, Aug. 30 -- J&K Peoples Conference president and Handwara legislator Sajad Lone has taken a firm stand with incumbent leaseholders in Gulmarg while exposing systematic corruption that created the current crisis. Lone said in the case of extension of leases on government land in Gulmarg and other areas, he is firmly on the side of the incumbent allottees. "Nobody should be dispossessed from their properties after decades of possession," he said, adding that this issue became personal when a school classmate told him their lease had expired and the government refused an extension. "As I grew up and joined politics, I could see that lease issue is more than a lease," he said, questioning why governments never established clear, transparent lease policies. Lone identified the core problem as successive governments deliberately keeping leaseholders in limbo rather than choosing between extending leases or implementing uniform vacation policies. htc...