Lone was among several politicians, lawyers, businessmen, and activists in the Valley who were placed under detention after Centre revoked Article 370 and scrapped the special status to Jammu and Kashmir.Sajad Lone, whose father Abdul Gani Lone was killed by militants in 2002, was made a minister in the PDP-BJP coalition government from the BJP’s quota. Lone was also instrumental in the conduct of panchayat and local body polls after the NC and PDP decided to boycott the civic polls last year.Lone, however, strongly opposed New Delhi’s moves to tamper with J&K’s special status. Days ahead of New Delhi’s move, he was a part of the all-party meet in Srinagar that had called “any fiddling with J&K’s special status an aggression against the people of the state”.Finally 5 days short of a year I have been officially informed that I am a free man. So much has changed. So have I. Jail was not a new experience. Earlier ones were harsh with usual doses of physical torture. But this was psychologically draining. Much to share hopefully soon.
— Sajad Lone (@sajadlone) July 31, 2020