Srinagar, Sep 25 (PTI) People's Conference president Sajad Gani Lone on Thursday condoled the deaths of four persons in violence in Ladakh but took a controversial stand, saying the people in the cold-desert region are facing "Karma".

"I am pained at the death of four people in Ladakh. May they rest in peace," Lone said in statement here.

However, he went on a tirade, saying he would call "a spade a spade".

"What they are going through is buyers' remorse -- a feeling of regret experienced after making a purchase, typically one regarded as unnecessary or extravagant. This is Karma," Lone said.

The MLA from Handwara claimed that the Kashmiri people were reviled and slandered by the people of Ladakh for 70 years.

"I was the happiest when they were separated from us and a UT was carved fo

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