BJP leaders skip last rites of slain party leader in Nowgam

Anantnag, May 5: As expected, No one from Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) attended the last rites of slain BJP Leader in South Kashmir’s Nowgam Verinag village on Sunday.

Slain BJP Leader, Gull Mohd Mir who was also district vice-President of Anantnag was laid to rest in Nowgam village on Sunday morning. Relative, friends and neighbors participated the funeral prayers of the slain leader, however no one from BJP turned up to participate in his last rites.

BJP state unit even didn’t cancelled its door to door election campaign in South Kashmir’s Pulwama and Shopain district and all most all his colleagues gave preference to election campaign. State Vice President who is also contesting Lok Shaba Eelections from Anantnag, Sofi Yousf also continued with his schedule and didn’t visit the bereaved family, informed sources told Early Times.

Hours after his burial, BJP General Secretary (Org) Ashok Koul, District President Anantnag Rafiq Ahmad Wani, Veer Saraf and few others visited the residence of slain leader to express sympathies with the bereaved family.