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The Kulgam Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Kisan Morcha President and his wife were shot dead by suspected terrorists in South Kashmir's Anantnag district on Monday, sources said.
Leaders across the political spectrum in Jammu and Kashmir Monday 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, while Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha said the perpetrators will be brought to justice soon.
"I strongly condemn the brutal terrorist 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.
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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 Pakistani-sponsored terrorists 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 told PTI.
"They have sacrificed their lives for the nation and we will not allow their sacrifice to go waste."
The BJP's J-K spokesman Altaf Thakur also condemned the killing, terming it "barbaric and cowardly".
National Conference (NC) vice president Omar Abdullah said the deceased joins 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.
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.
