Jammu and Kashmir government today condemned the killing of yet another Panchayat representative in the Valley terming it as an "act of frustration".

"If they shoot at an unarmed person, it reflects their weakness and their frustration," Minister for Roads and Buildings, Abdul Majid Wani, said today.

He said that there are elements which do not want development in the state and are resorting to such activities.

"Whenever there is an effort for development and progress, for which these Sarpanchs have come forward...to start the democratic set-up from the point where from it has to be started, there are some elements which don't want progress and development in the state...," Wani added.