Srinagar: Peoples Democratic Party leader Imran Reza Ansari on Thursday joined the People’s Conference even as its party president Sajad Lone denied reports of “horse trading”. Lone, who staked claim to form the government with the support of the Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday, described Ansari’s entry as an “emotional homecoming”.
Ansari was one of several dissident PDP legislators to have publicly denounced party chief Mehbooba Mufti for promoting nepotism in the outfit.