In the assembly elections held in kashmir - SRINAGAR/JAMMU' target='_blank' title='jammu and kashmir-Latest Updates, Photos, Videos are a click away, CLICK NOW'>jammu and kashmir after 10 years, there were at least 30 candidates who have either been terrorists in history or their language has been separatist. All these former terrorists and separatist leaders, who once dreamed of the independence of kashmir on the strength of arms, were this time competing in the election field believing in democratic methods, among whom the brother of terrorist Afzal Guru and the brother of engineer Rashid, who was jailed under UAPA and now released on bail, were also candidates.

Names of candidates associated with terrorism

The biggest name among the candidates associated with terrorism is that of Aijaz ahmed Guru, who is the brother of parliament attack terrorist Afzal Guru. Aijaz Ahmed's brother was a terrorist who was hanged after the court's decision, but Aijaz ahmed Guru chose the path of democracy and contested the elections. However, being Afzal Guru's brother, the valley completely rejected him.

Got only 129 votes

In the Sopore seat from where Aijaz Ahmad Guru contested the election, NOTA got more votes than him. Aijaz Ahmad Guru got only 129 votes in Sopore, while NOTA got 341 votes from this seat. National Conference leader Irshad Rasool Kar won the Sopore seat. Despite the alliance, congress had also fielded candidates on this seat, who got only 5167 votes.

Condition of engineer Rashid

In the rest of this election, Baramulla mp engineer Rashid had also fielded 44 of his candidates. engineer Rashid had defeated National Conference vice-president and former kashmir - SRINAGAR/JAMMU' target='_blank' title='jammu and kashmir-Latest Updates, Photos, Videos are a click away, CLICK NOW'>jammu and kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah in the lok sabha elections, so everyone's eyes were on engineer Rashid and his candidates in the assembly elections too. But in the entire election, no other candidate except engineer Rashid's brother Khurshid ahmed Sheikh was able to register a win. engineer Rashid's brother Khurshid ahmed also contested from the same Langate assembly seat from where engineer Rashid himself used to be an MLA. Other candidates included engineer Rashid's party spokesperson Firdous baba and Rashid Engineer's close businessman Sheikh Aashiq Hussain, who could not even save their deposits.