Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Aug 28: Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party President and former Minister Syed Mohammad Altaf Bukhari today said Ghulam Nabi Azad is fooling the people of J&K by saying that he will fight for the restoration of Article 370 and 35A.
While addressing a gathering at Anantnag district of South Kashmir, Bukhari said that people of J&K can’t be befooled by the new promises of Ghulam Nabi Azad that he will fight for the restoration of Article 370 and 35A.
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“When Article 370 and 35A were abrogated in Parliament, then Azad was the leader of the opposition, why was he not able to do anything at that time?” he questioned.
He said that the people of J&K had trust on Ghulam Nabi Azad, “but little did they know that he had made a back deal with the Government.”
Pointing to Azad, he said that if he had raised an outcry in Parliament at that time, Article 370 would never have been scrapped.
Bukhari said that the conventional politicians who remained in power for years and decades here have always been deceitful to the people in terms of making empires for themselves and pushing common people to deprivation.
While taking a dig at the traditional politicians, Apni Party chief said that they have always been deceitful to the people.
He said: “Seeing the pathetic deficit of development here (in Bijbihara), it is hard to believe that people have elected Chief Ministers consecutively thrice and a Works Minister in the past here. Had these leaders been sincere to their own people, this constituency would have not been lacking public infrastructure and overall development.”
“The traditional political parties and their leaders have always kept people busy with emotional slogans, which eventually pushed them to poverty, unemployment, prisons, graveyards, and so on. While the leaders built empires for themselves and their kith and kin. We thought they wanted ‘self-rule’ for the people, but now it is clear that they wanted ‘rule of their own selves’ here,” he said.
Bukhari said: “We believe in the politics of truthfulness. We have resolved that we will never lie to our people even if this policy does not fetch political dividends to us. We will not promise you moon and stars, we will promise you only what we believe can be fulfilled.”
“We promise you peace, prosperity and development in J&K, and political and economic empowerment of its people. And, I promise you that this is achievable and we will continue striving for this goal,” he added.
He assured people that Apni Party will not let you down. “We have a clear vision for a peaceful and prosperous J&K, ” he said.
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