December 20, 2025 09:53 pm (IST)
Kashmir leader Sajjad Lone meets PM Modi, fuels speculation
New Delhi, Nov 10 (IBNS ) Fuelling speculations, Jammu and Kashmir leader Sajjad Lone, who heads the People's Conference party, met Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday.
The meeting assumes significance ahead of the Assembly polls in Kashmir.
After meeting the PM, Lone said the two discussed development of Kashmir, connectivity of roads and he was positive that the prime minister indeed want to make Kashmir the most beautiful place on earth.
He said "the Prime Minister is keen to take personal interest in overall development of Kashmir."
Sajjad Gani Lone is the youngest son of Abdul Ghani Lone, who was killed in a rally in Srinagar.
In the 2009 general election Lone fought as an independent candidate in Baramulla but lost to the National Conference candidate Sharifuddin Shariq.
The BJP has shown keen interest to expand its strength in Jammu and Kashmir and even in the Kashmir Valley.
The BJP will be fighting all the 87 Assembly constituencies for the first time in the state now ruled by the National Conference.
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