TrendingVideosIndia
Opinions | CommentEditorialsThe MiddleLetters to the EditorReflections
Sports
State | Himachal PradeshPunjabJammu & KashmirHaryanaChhattisgarhMadhya PradeshRajasthanUttarakhandUttar Pradesh
City | ChandigarhAmritsarJalandharLudhianaDelhiPatialaBathindaShaharnama
World | United StatesPakistan
Diaspora
Features | The Tribune ScienceTime CapsuleSpectrumIn-DepthTravelFood
Business | My MoneyAutoZone
UPSC | Exam ScheduleExam Mentor
Don't Miss
Advertisement

Rajasthan poll: Nasir-Junaid lynching casts shadow on Kaman segment

Unlock Exclusive Insights with The Tribune Premium

Take your experience further with Premium access. Thought-provoking Opinions, Expert Analysis, In-depth Insights and other Member Only Benefits
Yearly Premium ₹999 ₹349/Year
Yearly Premium $49 $24.99/Year
Advertisement

Animesh Singh

Advertisement

Advertisement

Alwar, November 24

It is said time is a great healer but the February lynching of Muslim youths Nasir and Junaid, both residents of Ghatmeeka village in Rajasthan’s Bharatpur, is still fresh in the memories of the people in the area and of neighbouring districts like Alwar.

With Rajasthan set to vote on Saturday, people in Kaman Assembly constituency, home to Ghatmeeka, hold the key to the future of Congress candidate and sitting MLA Zahida Khan. Ahead of polls, the horrific crime, where both youths were lynched and torched alive by a suspected cow vigilante group in Haryana’s Nuh on suspicion of cow smuggling, continues to cast a shadow on the segment with several locals unhappy with Khan for not raising the issue in her campaign.

Advertisement

Mohammad Hanif, an elderly teacher who runs a school in Bakhtal ki Chauki in rural Alwar, told The Tribune that Zahida Khan did not speak about Nasir-Junaid’s killing and people are unhappy with her over it.

Yunus, who runs a salon in Alwar rural, around 70 km from Kaman, is also aware of the incident. “The Congress faces a challenge this time,” he says.

Kaman, which falls in Mewat region neighbouring Haryana, has a sizeable Muslim population of around one lakh out of the total 2.5 lakh voters and has been a pocket borough of the Congress.

Advertisement
Tags :
CongressRajasthan
Show comments
Advertisement