Looking for an End of Uncertainty
Following the triple killings, senior BJP leader and party’s J&K incharge Ram Madhav and J&K BJP president Ravinder Raina met with the widow of Wasim Bari in Bandipora. They also held a meeting with Kashmir-based leaders and workers of the party in Srinagar.
“We are living in an atmosphere of fear, not just in Kashmir but across the country. We can’t live in our homes. In Wasim’s death, I have lost a friend and a brother. We are shocked,” Ashraf Reshi, who has been with the BJP since 2002, said.
Reshi said the BJP has appealed the government to provide security and accommodation to prominent leaders, “If we are killed, how will we run the party? We have appealed the deputy commissioner and SSP to end this uncertainty by securing our leaders and workers,” he said.
“The government has its limitations but they are doing their best to ensure that such incidents don’t recur,” he said.
(Jehangir Ali is a Srinagar-based journalist. He tweets at @gaamuk. )