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PDP MLA Ashraf Mir Fires AK-47 To Celebrate Jammu & Kashmir Win

PDP MLA Who Beat J&K CM Fires AK-47 To Celebrate Win
SRINAGAR, INDIA - DECEMBER 23: Peoples Democratic Party candidate from Sonawar constituency Mohammad Ashraf Mir gestures after winning against J & K incumbent Chief Minister Omar Abdullah outside a counting center on December 23, 2014 in Srinagar, India. Jammu and Kashmir was heading for a hung Assembly with PDP emerging as the single largest party by bagging 14 seats and leading in 16 while BJP also made gains by winning 18 seats and was ahead on 7, all in Jammu, but it failed to make inroads in the Valley. (Photo by Waseem Andrabi/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
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SRINAGAR, INDIA - DECEMBER 23: Peoples Democratic Party candidate from Sonawar constituency Mohammad Ashraf Mir gestures after winning against J & K incumbent Chief Minister Omar Abdullah outside a counting center on December 23, 2014 in Srinagar, India. Jammu and Kashmir was heading for a hung Assembly with PDP emerging as the single largest party by bagging 14 seats and leading in 16 while BJP also made gains by winning 18 seats and was ahead on 7, all in Jammu, but it failed to make inroads in the Valley. (Photo by Waseem Andrabi/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)

People's Democratic Party MLA Ashraf Mir was shown firing shots from an AK-47 rifle on TV. The incident happened outside his house, after supporters cheered him on for winning the election.

Mir defeated outgoing chief minister Omar Abdullah by 4,000 votes from Sonawar assembly seat in this week's election results in Jammu and Kashmir.

It was not clear at the time of writing whether the rifle belonged to him or a security officer.

The PDP is said to be negotiating with the BJP to form the next government in the state.

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