SRINAGAR: Political parties in Jammu and Kashmir sparred over the affiliation of senior political activist
Ghulam Nabi Patel, who was killed by terrorists in
Pulwama district on Wednesday.
Critically injured in a terror attack at Rajpora Chowk of Pulwama, along with two of his security guards, Patel later succumbed in the hospital.
Ironically, as Chief Minister
Mehbooba Mufti, of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) condoled Patel's death as that of "a senior
Congress leader", the state Congress issued a statement condoling the death of the "PDP leader".
At this, former Chief Minister
Omar Abdullah, of the
National Conference, intervened. "How tragic that Patel Sahib, a political worker assassinated by militants in Kashmir is being disowned by both the PDP & Congress.
"If neither party is willing to own him as one of their own let's just call him a NC worker so his death is not in vain," he tweeted.
State Congress leader
Salman Anees Soz while condoling Patel's killing first said that "Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Patel was shot dead". But later claimed "Patel was associated both with Congress (earlier) & PDP (in recent years)."
