After PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti called Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah a "martyr", former Deputy CM of J&K Nirmal Singh said, "This is very shocking and unfortunate." Singh said, "[Mufti] is pleading in favour of a terrorist." Notably, Mufti has cancelled her poll campaign, saying she wanted to show "solidarity with the martyrs of Lebanon and Gaza especially Hassan [Nasrallah]".