Killing of BJP Sarpanch, his wife: LG assures prompt action, J&K leaders condemn killings

Srinagar: While Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha said the perpetrators will be brought to justice soon, Leaders from across the political spectrum in Jammu and Kashmir condemned the killing of a BJP sarpanch and his wife in Anantnag, with the saffron party asserting their sacrifices will not be allowed to go waste. Militants shot dead Ghulam Rasool Dar and his wife in Anantnag district of Jammu and Kashmir.
“I strongly condemn brutal militant attack on the Sarpanch GH Rasool Dar and his wife Jawhara Banoo of Redwani Bala, Kulgam. This is an act of cowardice & perpetrators of violence will be brought to justice very soon. My deepest condolences to bereaved family in this time of grief,” the LG said on his official Twitter handle.
Dar was also the district president of the BJP’s Kisan Morcha for Kulgam and was presently living in a rented accommodation in Anantnag. “Once again the coward militants have bled Kashmir by killing our Kisan Morcha leader and his wife. Both of them were active members of the BJP 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 allow their sacrifice to go waste.”
Cndemning the killings National Conference President Dr Farooq Abdullah said the terrible news of the killings is heart wrenching. “I condemn the killings unreservedly and in unequivocal terms. Such dastardly acts don’t augur well for the furtherance of lasting peace in Kashmir. I express my sympathies with the kith and kin of the bereaved at this difficult time and pray for peace to the departed,” he said.
National Conference (NC) Vice President and former Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said the deceased join a long list of mainstream politicians killed for their political beliefs. “I unequivocally condemn the assassination of Ghulam Rasool Dar & his wife. They join a long list of mainstream politicians killed for their political beliefs. My condolences to his family & colleagues. May Allah grant the departed place in Jannat,” he wrote on Twitter. PDP president Mehbooba Mufti said she felt sorry to hear the news of the killing. “My condolences to their families & loved ones,” she tweeted.
Apni Party General Secretary Rafi Ahmad Mir also strongly condemned the killing of a Sarpanch and his wife in Anantnag.
In a statement issued here, Mir termed the incident as highly deplorable and demanded that the perpetrators of this heinous act should be brought to justice.
“Apni Party strongly condemns this ghastly incident which resulted in the death of Sarpanch of Redwani-Kulgam, Ghulam Rasool Dar and his wife in cold blood. Such mindless attacks shall achieve nothing except for more miseries to the common people,” Mir remarked.
Apni Party General Secretary said that there is no justification to kill an innocent and violence in all its manifestation has no place in any civilized society across the world.
“Political process in violence-hit Kashmir is itself a difficult task and the activists cutting across political lines are risking their lives and doing their bit to strengthen the peace process,” Mir said, while demanding immediate review of security cover of all political activists including those whose security cover has been withdrawn recently.
Expressing solidarity with the bereaved family, Mir prayed for eternal peace to the departed souls and endurance for their family members to bear this irreparable loss.
“Apni Party expresses deepest condolences to the bereaved family and expresses solidarity with them at this time of grief,” he added.
Peoples Conference (PC) chairman Sajad Lone also strongly condemned the killing. “Yet again a Kashmiri family is a victim of violence. Yet again, more addition to the community of orphans and hapless victims of gun. May the killers rot in hell,” he said.
Chairman People’s Democratic Front (PDF) and former minister Hakeem Mohammad Yaseen while expressing his sorrow over the killing of Sarpanch and his wife, has said that killing of unarmed person was against tenants of humanity. He said whosoever is killed in Kashmir , saying therein further that it adds to tale of pain and tragedies of the local populations in one form or the other.
He expressed sympathies with the bereaved family. PDF Chairman has said that violence is not solution to any problem adding therein that reconciliation is the best option to settle all outstanding issues .