After LS poll loss, Kashmiri Shia leader Imran Ansari blasts his supporters
A video of a Shia leader in Kashmir angry with his supporters after his party's debacle in the recently concluded Lok Sabha polls has gone viral on social media.
The 19-second video of Shia leader Imran Reza Ansari, the general secretary of the People's Conference, has gone viral on social media and received harsh comments.
The People's Conference is headed by separatist-turned-mainstream politician Sajad Gani Lone.
Lone contested the polls from north Kashmir's Baramulla Lok Sabha seat, but his party was routed in the elections.
Independent candidate Sheikh Abdul Rashid alias Engineer Rashid, who is in jail on terror funding charges, won the seat. National Conference vice-president Omar Abdullah stood at the second place and Lone came a distant third.
Apparently miffed over the poll debacle, Ansari is seen talking angrily to his supporters in the video.
"I swear upon the grave of my father, I want to tear apart my clothes today. I was in an exalted position, you made me bite the