'Being booked in corruption Case is Karma': Sajad Lone on Satyapal Malik
Srinagar, May 23 (UNI) Peoples Conference chairman and MLA Handwara Sajad Lone on Friday termed the corruption case against former J&K Governor Satyapal Malik as 'karma,' accusing him of vilifying Kashmiris and being the 'author' of the crackdown of 2019.
On Thursday, CBI filed a chargesheet against Satyapal Malik and six others in a corruption case linked to the Rs 2,200-crore Kiru Hydropower Project in Jammu and Kashmir. Hours after the chargesheet Malik shared a photo of himself on X from a hospital bed, saying his health is 'very bad.'
'While I feel bad for ex governor Satyapal Malik, given that he is ill. But it is also true that he heralded the most vicious and slanderous campaign against the Kashmiris, branding every Kashmiri as a corrupt soul,' Lone said in a post on X.
'There is not a single TV Channel where he did not voice his negative opinion about Kashmiris, about carpets, about three storeyed Kashmiri residences. He harboured a contemptuous hatred for Kashmiris. And he was a liar. He lied through his teeth,' he added.
Malik served as the last Governor of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir from August 2018 to October 2019, a period that saw the abrogation of Article 370 on August 5, 2019.
Lone said it was Malik who 'authored the crackdown of 2019,' referring to the political detentions and restrictions imposed following the revocation of Jammu and Kashmir's special status.
'That he has now been booked under a corruption case is Karma. He was the author of the crackdown in 2019. Inshallah all those who have slandered Kashmiris, jailed them, ordered their killings will face Karma,' Lone said.
On Thursday, former Chief Minister and PDP Chief Mehbooba Mufti said it was a moment of reckoning in the legacy of a man who played a key role in the "disempowerment and fragmentation" of Jammu and Kashmir.
'Sorry to see Satya Pal Malik in such a critical condition undergoing dialysis following kidney failure. At the same time CBI has filed a chargesheet against him in connection with alleged corruption in the awarding of a hydropower project contract in J&K. Some may see this moment as a reckoning, a complex chapter in the legacy of a man who played a pivotal role in the disempowerment & fragmentation of Jammu and Kashmir,' she said. UNI MJR SSP
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