 EARLY TIMES REPORT
SRINAGAR, Apr 11: Apni Party President Syed Mohammad Altaf Bukhari on Sunday observed his party signifies a perceptible change in Jammu and Kashmir’s political landscape even though its beginning was rooted in the most intricate political circumstances last year. Addressing a day-long convention held at Bramri-Kupwara in which prominent political activists Mohammad Amin Bhat, Hafizullah Bakhshi along with scores of workers joined Apni Party, Bukhari thanked the people of Jammu and Kashmir for reposing their trust and confidence in Apni Party which has witnessed a considerable rise on account of its unstinted efforts to address the public grievances since last year.
“People of Jammu and Kashmir especially in Kupwara district had given their unflinching support and would blindly trust many political leaders and their Parties in most difficult conditions. But a cursory look at the developmental index of Kupwara district manifests how those leaders have breached the public trust and have utterly failed in their electoral promises so far,” he remarked.
Bukhari said that Apni Party is committed to truthful politics and will always refrain from emotive and hollow sloganeering. “Our party does not believe in double speak. Since the inception of our party we have called a spade and spade. We don’t believe in ambiguity and have desisted from obscure politics,” he said, while taking a dig on the political parties who had hyphenated restoration of Article 370 & 35-A with the conduct of recently held district development council elections in J&K.
He said that if Apni Party attains a position wherein it can take the reins of power in future, it will pursue and ensure an equitable development of all the regions and sub regions of Jammu and Kashmir. “Some political parties promised the moon and the stars to the people of J&K from time to time. From the pre-1953 position, autonomy, independence and now pre August 5, 2019 positions many leaders have innovated different slogans just for their electoral gains. But let me tell you in most lucid terms that the elections in J&K are purely meant for developmental goals and Apni Party will never shy away from speaking this truth to the people, how bitter it may sound,” he remarked.
While welcoming the new entrants, Bukhari said that people admire sincerity and transparency while unfortunately such traits were never adopted by the native political parties in J&K.
Besides Altaf Bukhari, Senior Vice President Ghulam Hassan Mir, Spokesperson Javid Hassan Baig, Media Advisor Farooq Andrabi, District President Kupwara Raja Manzoor, District President Baramulla Shoaib Lone, Party Coordinator North Kashmir Fazal Mehmood Beigh, District Vice President Kupwara Abdul Reham Wani, District Vice President Kupwara Abdul Rashid Bhat and District Secretary Kupwara Bilal Arif Lone were also present in the convention. |
