People's Conference chairman Sajad Lone criticized the current government's election promises as deceptive, citing issues like electricity tariff hikes, a lack of promised jobs and gas cylinders, and the administration's focus on transfers over essential services. He highlighted the exclusion of Handwara from receiving an MRI machine due to political reasons and pointed to a 'dangerous skew' in reservation policy favoring Jammu over Kashmir. Lone also invoked the history of electoral rigging and suggested public anger could lead to the government's premature end.