Modi condemns killing of BJP leader in Verinag Anantnag

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday condemned the killing of a BJP leader Ghulam Mohammad Mir by suspected militants in South Kashmir’s Anantnag district . Expressing condolences, Modi said, “there is no place for such violence in our country.”
“Strongly condemn the killing of BJP JnK leader Shri Ghulam Mohammed Mir. His contribution towards strengthening the party in J&K will always be remembered. There is no place for such violence in our country. Condolences to his family and well-wishers,” he tweeted.
Ghulam Mohammad Mir, the BJP’s district vice-president for Anantnag, was shot dead by suspected militants in Verinag area of south Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Saturday, less than 48 hours before Shopian and Pulwama districts of Anantnag parliamentary constituency go to polls.
The state BJP unit has alleged that his security was recently withdrawn and that the matter was taken up with authorities but no action was taken. Towards March end, a special security review meeting ordered withdrawal of security of around 500 protected persons, most of them political workers. Subsequently, parties approached the state election commission over the matter.