In a major outreach to the Shia community in Kashmir, J&K Lieutenant-Governor Manoj Sinha on Saturday participated in the Zuljanah procession, an event of mourning for the community during the Islamic month of Muharram, in Srinagar.
Wearing a black dress, Mr. Sinha visited the most volatile part of the city in Srinagar’s Bota Kadal area, and offered ‘chaddar’ to ‘Zuljanah’, a procession carried out to recall the martyrdom of the grandson of Prophet Muhammad, Imam Hussain, during the Battle of Karbala. Mr. Sinha was also seen distributing refreshments to the gathering.
The L-G’s visit came after the recent controversy where a Shia cleric, Imran Reza Ansari, walked out of a meeting chaired by the former. Mr. Ansari had accused the L-G’s administration of being insensitive towards the Shias of Kashmir.
