Contesting on a J&K Apni Party ticket from Anantnag, Anees is the only candidate to have come under attack in the on-going elections to the District Development Councils (DDCs) in Jammu and Kashmir, the first electoral exercise after the scrapping of its special status.
One arm in a cast, and the other around one of the policemen escorting him, Anees-ul-Islam shifts his weight uneasily as he moves from village to village on Monday. “I missed 10 days of the campaign, this is the last day and I have to make up for my absence,” he says.
On December 4, Anees had been shot four times as he campaigned near his house in the Sagam area of Kokernag in Anantnag district. Contesting on a J&K Apni Party ticket from Anantnag, Anees is the only candidate to have come under attack in the on-going elections to the District Development Councils (DDCs) in Jammu and Kashmir, the first electoral exercise after the scrapping of its special status
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