In the wake of a string of attacks on Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders and grassroot workers across Jammu and Kashmir, several BJP workers have tendered their resignation in the Valley citing security concerns.
According to reports, the BJP workers have put in their papers claiming no security is being provided to them by the local as well as the national government.
The resignation of the BJP leaders in Jammu and Kashmir has come a day after Abdul Hamid Najar, BJP’s Budgam OBC morcha chief, succumbed to his injuries sustained in a gun attack at him by unidentified assailants.
Abdul Hamid Najar, a resident of Mohiendpora area of Budgam in central Kashmir, was shot at and critically injured in his native village on Sunday.
It should be noted that Abdul Hamid was the fourth BJP worker or office bearer in Kashmir who was targeted in the last one month.
Earlier, BJP’s district president for Bandipora, Waseem Bari, his father and his brother were shot dead by militants last month.
A BJP sarpanch was also shot at and injured on August 4, while another sarpanch from the party was shot dead two days later in south Kashmir’s Kulgam district.