Under fire over recent attacks on panches and sarpanches, Abdullah asserted that attempts to derail the Panchayat process by the militants would be thwarted.
"These (militants) cowards are attacking defenseless people. If they have the courage let them carry out an attack on me. But they will not do it as they know they will get a befitting reply," Omar told reporters here.
In the aftermath of the killing of a panch in north Kashmir
