Statehood is not charity': Sajad Lone defends J&K resolution, invokes 1947 commitments

Srinagar, Sept 25 (UNI) J&K Peoples Conference president and Handwara MLA Sajad Lone on Friday faulted the BJP's objections to the resolution on statehood moved in the Jammu and Kahmir Assembly, arguing that the political and constitutional relationship between J&K and India cannot be divorced from the commitments and assurances surrounding the events of 1947. Lone said the BJP was "making noise" because it had no substantive argument against the resolution, insisting that Jammu and Kashmir's accession to India must be understood in the context of the promises and constitutional arrangements that accompanied it. "Jammu and Kashmir is a part…