Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Mar 12: Apni Party President Syed Mohammad Altaf Bukhari today said that Jammu and Kashmir is in dire need of sustained peace for speedy development and prosperity of the region.
“New Delhi may or may not require a peaceful environment here, but we desperately do need it because the future of our youth is at stake due to the protracted uncertainty and turmoil. Only a peaceful environment can pave a way for a better Jammu and Kashmir,” he said, while addressing a party convention in the Karpora Nishat area of Srinagar, here today.
Bukhari said that a long phase of violence and turmoil has left J&K incapable of maintaining a sustainable developmental pace. He said: “Look at the pathetic condition of Srinagar in terms of its developmental deficit! Once upon a time, it was considered one of the most beautiful cities in the world, but we could not maintain the required pace for its development, over the years, due to the prevailing uncertainty.” He promised that once the Apni Party gets mandate to form a Govt in J&K, it will ensure equivalent and speedy development across the region.
He said: “Our key agenda is to work for J&K’s development and prosperity, thus, we will ensure a rapid pace of modern infrastructure development here, once we are elected to form a Govt.”
On this occasion, Apni Party Senior Vice President Ghulam Hassan Mir vowed that the party will continue striving for the restoration of J&K’s statehood. “After the abrogation of Article 370 and 35A, Apni Party leadership made the Union Government announce that no demographic change would occur in J&K and only the local residents will have rights on the jobs here and only domicile can have the ownership of agricultural land here,” he claimed.
Speaking at the convention, Party’s Provincial President, Kashmir, Mohammad Ashraf Mir urged people to support Apni Party in order to ensure peace, prosperity, and development in Jammu and Kashmir.
Dilshada Shaheen, Khalid Rathore, Mohsin Zaffar Shah, Jeelani Kumar, Adil Bhat, Irfan Zargar and others were present in the convention.
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