Third from North Kashmir in 6 days
Suhail Khan
Srinagar July 16(KINS): All is not well in the BJP as another leader of North Kashmir resigned from the party on Thursday.
A social activist from Handwara, Mubeena Bano, who had joined BJP few months before Thursday resigned from the party.
“I have been working for redress issues of people since 2015. I had joined BJP to resolve the issues of people. But nothing is being done on the ground so I resigned from the BJP,” she told news agency Kashmir Indepth News Service (KINS).
She is the third leader of the BJP from North Kashmir who has resigned from the party in last six days.
Earlier, two youth leaders of the Bhartiya Janta Party from north Kashmir resigned.
On Saturday, Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) president from Baramulla, Marouf Bhat tendered his resignation from the party.
“I hereby resign from the BJYM as a member and any post I held as part of it. I thank you for giving me the opportunity to work for the party,” Bhat said.
He was quoted by a national newspaper saying, “We can sacrifice our lives for the nation, but not of our children. I have been attacked twice in the past, yet nothing has been done about it. I have not been given even a single personal security officer.”
While on Tuesday, BJP’s Vice President for Kupwara Asif Ahmad also resigned from the party.
“I am from a well off family. I did not join BJP to make money but to work for my people. But we are not allowed to work by officials. BJP has no value on the ground. Officials are not bothered to listen to us and address issues of people,” he told KINS.(KINS)
A BJP leader Mehraj ud Din Malla, who was reportedly “abducted” on Wednesday morning returned home in the evening. Before that a youth BJP leader Waseem Bari along with his father and brother were killed outside their home in Bandipora.(KINS)
