Prominent Shia cleric Imran Reza Ansari on Monday walked out of a meeting chaired by Jammu & Kashmir Lieutenant-Governor Manoj Sinha over the upcoming Muharram processions in the Valley.
The L-G administration, for the first time in over three decades, is mulling over lifting the ban on a set of Muharram processions in Kashmir’s Guru Bazar-Dal Gate route. The administration is also reviewing the ban imposed on a set of processions on routes in Srinagar.
Official sources said the meeting started with the Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir, asking Mr. Ansari to introduce himself to the Governor and give his feedback on the arrangements being made for Muharram, an Islamic month where the community recalls and mourns the sacred Battle of Karbala.
