as the sole Panthers Party representative in government until March 2015, as a Member of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Council. Earlier in April 2013, Shah had been marshalled out of the upper house after creating a ruckus in protest to discrimination against Urdu, an official state language. During his protest he highlighted news reports that a government official from the Doda district had refused to place signs in the Urdu language. Indian general elections, 2009 The Panthers Party contested ten seats across Rajasthan, Punjab, Haryana, Delhi and Jammu and Kashmir in the 2009 Indian general elections. The party candidates were Mohammad Iqbal Jan in Baramulla, Bhim Singh in Udhampur, Gurinder Singh Sood in Ludhiana, Vijendra Singh in Churu, Shiv Kumar in Alwar, Om Prakash in Tonk-Sawai Madhopur, Gurdan Singh in Jodhpur, Harsh Malhotra in Delhi, Raj Kumar Nagar in Sirsa, and Ramesh Kumar in Gurgaon. The Panthers Party received a total of 87,502 votes across the ten seats, losing each election. Condemnation of Israel's attack on Gaza flotilla, 2010 The Panthers Party strongly condemned Israel's actions in the Gaza flotilla raid, during which nine activists carrying humanitarian aid for Palestine were killed by Israeli armed forces. Balwant Singh Mankotia, Panthers state president accused Israel of religious suppression at the time, as residents of Ramallah, Anata, Hebron and Jericho were denied from offering prayers at Al-Aqsa Mosque. Balwant Singh in reaction to the incident said "Israel should pullout its troops from Palestine and lift all barricades," as he believed that "the settlement of Jewish community in Occupied Palestine is a grave threat to international peace and security." The party at the time had called on the Indian central government to support the sovereign statehood of Palestine both in and outside the UN, stating that the USA and Israel were in violation of UN Resolution 181. Life sentence for Iqbal Jan overturned, 2012 Iqbal Jan who was candidate for parliament for Baramulla constituency for Panthers Party in May 2009, was given a life sentence after being convicted for waging war against the country in September 2009. On 28 February 2012, Delhi High Court overturned the judgment and called for immediate release of Jan from Tihar prison, who had been represented by Panthers Party founder Bhim Singh as his advocate. Indian general elections, 2014 In the 2014 Indian general elections, Panthers Party fielded 13 candidates in Delhi, Punjab, Bihar, and Jammu and