The Lal Chowk square in Srinagar, capital of Jammu and Kashmir. - Photo: ST
ANANTNAG/SRINAGAR/PULWAMA, (India): With the picturesque Pir Panjal mountain range in northern India’s Kashmir forming the background, a young man with a mop of curly hair wiped sweat off his face as he stood on top of a mini-truck, addressing a crowd in an election rally in a town called Dooru Shahabad.
“Engineer Rashid is not an agent of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He is an agent for Kashmir. Only he understands the pain of Kashmiris,” said Abrar Rashid, 23, as he asked for votes for his father, Sheikh Abdul Rashid, popularly known as Engineer Rashid.
