"I am in Srinagar for purely personal reasons. Fail to understand the cacophonous din of me being miffed," Lone wrote on Twitter.
Repeated attempts to reach Lone for comments did not fructify as his close aides said the former separatist leader had left Srinagar also for some "personal work".
Lone, who was sworn in as a cabinet minister in the Mufti Mohammad Sayeed government from BJP quota, did not assume charge of the Science and Technology and Animal Husbandry Departments and arrived here.