Srinagar, Feb. 4 -- J&K Peoples Conference President Sajad Lone has strongly denounced the draft proposal for the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in the J&K Assembly, calling it "the most explicit and unforgivable ratification of August 5, 2019, changes."

He warned that its endorsement would "effectively end, once and for all, any scope for a legal challenge to the August 5 changes in the future."

Expressing his dismay, Lone stated, "While we dreamt of an unambiguous resolution by the new assembly rejecting August 5, 2019... now we have a shocker."

He further accused, "The same assembly is being used to bury any such chances of legal challenges in the future. The present assembly, reflecting the will of the people of J&K, wi...