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| Mufti govt responsible for NC workers’ killing: Omar |
| 2002-12-07 |
| National Conference president and union minister of state for external affairs, Omar Abdullah, today condemned the killing of brother of former law minister Mushtaq Ahmad Lone and said his party workers had become sitting ducks for militants under the Mufti Sayeed government. Expressing shock over the tragic incident of militants gunning down Ghulam Mohiuddin Lone alias Kaka Lone at Sogam, Omar said that the new state government had been deliberately cutting down on the security of his party workers despite the fact that they were the most wanted lot by the militants. "The fact that militants have been after us for long was enough a problem for us but now it is coupled by the vindictive nature of the new state government, whose decisions have reduced my party workers to sitting ducks for militants to come and kill," Omar said. I don't know if this is a political problem — Mufti being reluctant to spend state money on providing bodyguards for politicians — or just one that's endemic to Kashmir, where the Pak-backed crazed killer brigades have been bumping off pols with abandon and glee for years. The NC pols have a point, that the Bad Guys consider them prime targets. On the other hand, it'll soon be Mufti's party's turn in the barrel, if it hasn't started already. It might be a really good idea to go back to providing security for politicians from both parties. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |