Hezbollah Leader Death: Mehbooba Mufti Suspends J&K Poll Campaign, Youths Take Out Rally In Solidarity

Jammu: Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) President Mehbooba Mufti has cancelled her election campaign to express solidarity with Lebanon after Hezbollah leader, Hassan Nasrallah, was killed by an Israeli airstrike in Beirut.

“Cancelling my campaign tomorrow in solidarity with the martyrs of Lebanon and Gaza especially Hassan Nasarullah. We stand with the people of Palestine and Lebanon in this hour of immense grief and exemplary resistance,” the former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister wrote on X.

Hassan Nasrallah, the secretary-general of the Hezbollah—which Israel claims to be a militant group, was killed along with his daughter Zainab on Friday. He was killed after Israeli forces launched a series of strikes in the densely populated Dahiyeh suburb of Beirut.

The attack also led to six more deaths. “Hassan Nasrallah will no longer be able to terrorize the world,” the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) wrote on X.

Other Hezbollah operatives such as Ali Karaki, Muhammad Ali Ismail, and Hossein Ahmed Ismail were also killed in the attacks, which continued till late Saturday night.

Meanwhile, a protest march was held in Jammu and Kashmir’s Budgam on Sunday against the killing of Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah by the Israel Defence Force (IDF).

BJP slams Mufti, dubs her response as ‘political stunt’

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders on Sunday accused  Mufti of resorting to a “political stunt” after she cancelled her election campaign in solidarity with the people of Lebanon.  Kavinder Gupta, her former deputy during the PDP-BJP coalition government in Jammu and Kashmir, said Mufti remained silent while Hindus were being targeted but was pained by the death of Hezbollah chief.