The families of several BJP workers killed in terrorist attacks in Kashmir have alleged discrimination in compensation by the government. They have demanded parity in compensation between the leaders belonging to different religions who were killed in the terrorist attacks. The Kashmir BJP spokesman has also supported the claim of these families.
According to the BJP, 23 party workers have been killed by terrorists in the last two years. One of them a Kashmiri Pandit, Rakesh Pandita was killed in June this year.
Pandita was a BJP municipal councilor in Pulwama. When he fell to terrorist’s bullets in June this year, the Lt Governor Manoj Sinha visited the family and sanctioned a compensation of ₹ 40 lakh.
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