[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The incident is not new,  when it comes to attack on political party functionaries.  Two weeks back a Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP)  party worker was shot dead by suspected militants in the same district.

In continuing attacks on political party functionaries in Jammu and Kashmir, a BJP youth leader was killed by the militants in south Kashmir’s Shopian on Thursday, police said.

The police official said the body of Gowhar Hussain Bhat (30) was recovered from an orchard in Kiloora with his throat slit.

Bhat was a resident of Bongam area in Shopian. Meanwhile a BJP functionary has confirmed that Bhat belonged to their party.

The party’s media in-charge for Kashmir, Altaf Thakur stated, “Bhat was the district president of the BJP’s youth wing.” He also said Bhat was associated with party for over two years.

The incident is not new when it comes to attack on political party workers, two weeks back a Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) worker was shot dead by suspected militants in the same district.

Reacting to the incident, BJP president Amit Shah said: “terrorists must realise that they cannot stop the youth of the valley from choosing a better future for themselves.”[/vc_column_text][vc_raw_html]JTNDYmxvY2txdW90ZSUyMGNsYXNzJTNEJTIydHdpdHRlci10d2VldCUyMiUyMGRhdGEtbGFuZyUzRCUyMmVuJTIyJTNFJTNDcCUyMGxhbmclM0QlMjJlbiUyMiUyMGRpciUzRCUyMmx0ciUyMiUzRUJKUCUyMHN0YW5kcyUyMGZpcm1seSUyMHdpdGglMjB0aGUlMjBmYW1pbHklMjBvZiUyMG1hcnR5ciUyMEdvd2hhciUyMEFobWVkJTIwaW4lMjB0aGlzJTIwbW9tZW50JTIwb2YlMjBpbW1lbnNlJTIwZ3JpZWYuJTNDJTJGcCUzRSUyNm1kYXNoJTNCJTIwQW1pdCUyMFNoYWglMjAlMjglNDBBbWl0U2hhaCUyOSUyMCUzQ2ElMjBocmVmJTNEJTIyaHR0cHMlM0ElMkYlMkZ0d2l0dGVyLmNvbSUyRkFtaXRTaGFoJTJGc3RhdHVzJTJGOTI2MTA4NjEwOTYyMTMyOTkyJTNGcmVmX3NyYyUzRHR3c3JjJTI1NUV0ZnclMjIlM0VOb3ZlbWJlciUyMDIlMkMlMjAyMDE3JTNDJTJGYSUzRSUzQyUyRmJsb2NrcXVvdGUlM0UlMEElM0NzY3JpcHQlMjBhc3luYyUyMHNyYyUzRCUyMmh0dHBzJTNBJTJGJTJGcGxhdGZvcm0udHdpdHRlci5jb20lMkZ3aWRnZXRzLmpzJTIyJTIwY2hhcnNldCUzRCUyMnV0Zi04JTIyJTNFJTNDJTJGc2NyaXB0JTNFJTBB[/vc_raw_html][vc_column_text]In a statement, BJP’s Ram Madhav said this is the price “we pay in our fight against terrorism”, offering him condolences.[/vc_column_text][vc_raw_html]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[/vc_raw_html][vc_raw_html]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[/vc_raw_html][vc_column_text]Thakur said Bhat was very active in the party and recently his work was also appreciated in the BJP youth convention held in Srinagar.

Recently, the government had appointed Dineshwar Sharma as interlocutor on October 23, for initiating dialogue with the stakeholders in Kashmir to find a solution to 30 -year-old Kashmir insurgency.

Shopian is strategically located as it provides easy access to Doda, Kishtawar and Poonch area of Jammu.

Shopian has also been the traditional bastion of the PDP but after it forged an alliance with BJP, it left its supporters disillusioned, with many turning towards separatists while youths are said to be drifting to militancy.

Reportedly, more than 37 people have left their home in Shopian to join militancy. In August 2017, three militants including Wani’s successor’s were killed in a gunfight in Shopian.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]