More panchayat chiefs quit, Omar hits out at Congress

Deepening the crisis of grassroots democracy in Kashmir, the number of panchayat chiefs announcing their resignations reached 120 on Wednesday. While 50 sarpanches have already sent in their resignation letters, they were joined by 70 others who issued advertisements in newspapers declaring they were quitting after threats from Lashkar-e-Taiba. No resignation has been accepted so far by the government. 

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