The announcement was made by the party's senior general secretary, Imran Reza Ansari, becoming the first party to announce its candidate for one of the five Lok Sabha seats in the Union territory.
Speaking after taking oath, Lone described the current times as distinctively painful and politically unique in terms of the challenges that they pose to different sections of the leadership in J&K today.
It is a reminder of the humiliation that people of J&K were subjected to three years ago, said a statement issued by the party.
Lone chaired a meeting of the party leaders in Srinagar in the context of the All Party meeting called by the Prime Minister on 24 June.
The governor administration had earlier released Imran Ansari of the People's Conference and Syed Akhoon of the National Conference on health grounds on September 21
Other Kashmiri politicians have also criticised the ban on JKLF and have accused the Modi government of having taken the step to take leverage in the Lok Sabha elections.
These meetings were being seen as an effort of the former Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti to keep her flock together as Lone was continuing to poach her former ministers and legislators.
