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PDP, NC Supported, Voted For Me, Chaman Lal, Zainapora Sarpanch Says
Tahir Bhat
SRINAGAR: The Kashmiri Pandit who defeated a Muslim candidate in south Kashmir without even campaigning said all the Kashmir supported him to become the Sarpanch. Identified as 66-year old Chaman Lal, he plans to visit the area now – as he has been doing frequently, even though he believes “Jammu is not far away from Kashmir, any more”.
The news about Chaman’s election was broken by former Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti. She wrote on Twitter: “PDPs Chaman Lal, a Kashmiri pandit who was away from Valley since the last 30 years was elected as a sarpanch today. This is true Kashmiriyat. Hope this is an eye-opener for rest of India where laws like CAA & anti-conversion bills are brought to punish Muslims.”