Srinagar, June 25 -- Peoples Conference President and MLA Handwara, Sajad Lone, delivered a scathing critique of National Conference leadership, questioning 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 strongly-worded statement, Lone asserted that "In the history of NC nobody has ever resigned. Nobody will ever resign in the future," accusing that the party "believes in the maxim. Power at any cost."

To substantiate his claim, Lone cited several examples, including NC's stance of not resigning when "Autonomy resolution was rejected by the Union Government, when current CM sahib was a union minister in the government which rejec...