Mehbooba says Farooq incited murder; Nasir recalls Khrew
Awantipore: The killing of a PDP Sarpanch, by unknown assailants Thursday evening, has sparked a blame between the key rivals National Conference and Peoples Democratic Party.
No militant outfit has so far claimed the killing and Chairman of Hurriyat Conference (G) Syed Ali Geelani is on record to have asserted that killing someone over political disagreement is not permitted in Islam. This makes the scene of political mainstream even murkier.
The opposition leader and PDP Chief Mehbooba Mufti Friday pointed the finger of suspicion toward the ruling National Conference by accusing Farooq Abdullah of “inciting the killings” through his “inflammatory speeches”
“During his afternoon address on Thursday Farooq Abdullah wished to kill PDP with bombs and guns and later in the evening our Sarpanch was killed. The election commission of India doesn’t bother to consider our complaints. They consider complaints against Amit Shah and Shahbudin but they don’t have time for Kashmir where model code of conduct is being thrown out the window,” Mehbooba told a hurriedly convened press conference Friday morning.
Quoting recent incidents of assaults on PDP and NC workers, the opposition leader Mehbooba hinted those were masterminded by the ruling coalition. “Congress and National Conference have sensed defeat and to protect their power they can go to any extent,” she said.
Reacting sharply to the accusations, National Conference leader Nasir Aslam Wani has said,” “If PDP blames us for his killing then there is no doubt about it that Khrew attack was their handiwork.” Meanwhile another NC leader and important voice in Abdullah clan, Sheikh Mustafa Kamal dubbed these noises as “drama” which believes has been enacted to “defame NC”. NC Senior leader Ali Muhammad Sagar and Spokesperson Junaid Azim Mattu have condemned the killing of Sarpanch and have termed it as an inhuman act.
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