Jammu
In remarks that could embarrass the Centre, Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik has said had he looked to Delhi, he would have had to install a government led by Sajad Lone, and history would have remembered him as a “dishonest man”.

Malik had abruptly dissolved the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly last week after the PDP staked claim to form a government with the backing of rival NC and the Congress. This was followed by another bid from the two-member People’s Conference led by Lone, which claimed the support of the BJP and 18 legislators from other parties.

During a pre-convocation academic conclave of ITM University in Gwalior on Saturday, he said, “Delhi ki taraf dekhta to mujhe Lone ki sarkar banana padhti aur mein itihas mein ek bayiman aadmi ke tor pe jana jata.

“It was an Eid holiday and this is an auspicious day. Did they expect the Governor to stand by fax machine,” Malik said.