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Ahead of J&K local body elections, terror has arised with paddy crop being set ablaze in South Kashmir’s Dooru Verinag area. The incident took place on Wednesday night at paddy field belonging to Gul Mohammed Khan, a BJP candidate.
In another incident, petrol was thrown at the Srinagar residence of another BJP candidate, Showkat Raja. He is from Gojwara area of the Old City.
“The gate of our house caught fire, but it was immediately doused. There was no major damage because they put petrol on our gate,” he was quoted as saying by The Indian Express.
Citing many reasons, BJP Verinag constituency president, Ghulam Hassan Bhat resigned from the party membership and withdrew his candidature for civic polls.
“After paddy belonging to a candidate in Dooru was set on fire on Wednesday evening, I informed my organisation to help provide security. But no action was taken and no support provided,” Bhat said.
Two other candidates have also withdrawn their nominations due to various reasons, news agency PTI reported.
Mohammad Maqbool Mir, who was the Congress candidate for Hajin Municipal Committee in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district and Mehrajuddin Raina, BJP candidate for a ward in the Srinagar Municipal Corporation, withdrew their nominations.
The four-phase local body elections begin on October 8.
