L-G assures prompt action

Leaders across the political spectrum in Jammu and Kashmir on Monday condemned the killing of a BJP sarpanch and his wife in Anantnag. The saffron party asserted that “their sacrifices will not go waste”, while Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha said the perpetrators would be brought to justice soon.

Terrorists shot dead Ghulam Rasool Dar and his wife in Anantnag district of Jammu and Kashmir.

“I strongly condemn brutal terrorist attack on GH Rasool Dar and his wife Jawhara Banoo of Redwani Bala, Kulgam. This is an act of cowardice and perpetrators of violence will be brought to justice very soon. My deepest condolences to the bereaved family in this time of grief,” the L-G said on Twitter. Dar was also the district president of the BJP’s Kisan Morcha for Kulgam and was living in a rented accommodation in Anantnag.

“Once again the coward Pakistani-sponsored terrorists have bled Kashmir by killing our Kisan Morcha leader and his wife. Both of them were active members of the party and enthusiastically took part in functions to mark the second anniversary of the revocation of Article 370 on August 5 and raised the Tricolour,” J&K BJP president Ravinder Raina said. “They have sacrificed their lives for the nation and we will not let it go to waste.” The BJP’s J&K spokesman Altaf Thakur also condemned the killing, terming it “barbaric and cowardly”. — PTI

Political killings since Aug 2020

• June 8 Ajay Pandita killed by terrorists at his orchard in Anantnag district
• August 6 BJP sarpanch Sheikh Sajad Ahmad shot dead at Vessu, Qazigund
• August 9 Saffron party leader Abdul Hamid Najjar gunned down at Ompora, Budgam
• September 23 Bhupinder Singh, Chairman of the Khag Block Development Council, killed
• October 29 Three BJP activists gunned down at YK Pora in Kulgam
• 3 Jun 2021 BJP leader Rakesh Pandita shot dead by terrorists in Tral
• Protected persons 1,600
• 5,000 Political leaders murdered over 30 yrs

Courtesy: The Tribune: 09th August, 2021