Bilal Lone is the elder brother of Peoples Conference chairman Sajad Lone who has already joined mainstream politics after quitting separatist politics.
The spectre of ‘proxies’ hangs over the former Congress leader as Kashmir’s electoral politics has been regarded as shadowplay, with Delhi calling the shots.
Almost 12 years after Hurriyat Conference founder Mirwaiz Umar Farooq was allegedly roughed up and manhandled at a seminar here, a local court on Friday acquitted all 20 accused, including former Mayor Asha Jaiswal.