Excelsior Correspondent
POONCH, May 21: Apni Party President, Syed Mohammed Altaf Bukhari today said that the people of Rajouri – Anantnag Parliamentary constituency are going to write a history with the casting of their votes in 2024 Parliamentary polls that would cement the relations between two regions of Jammu and Kashmir.
Addressing a largely attended public rally in Poonch in support of the Party’s Parliamentary candidate, Zafar Iqbal Manhas, he said that the creation of Rajouri – Anantnag Parliamentary constituency following delimitation, the people from two regions (Jammu & Kashmir) would come closer to each other.
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“These are not routine elections. In these elections, the people have shown their faith in democracy that can be witnessed with the voting percentage of 60 percent in Baramulla Parliamentary seat,” he said, adding that increase in polling percent rebuts claims that the people of J&K do not believe in democracy.
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Asserting that the country needs a strong Prime Minister, he hoped that the PM Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah would do justice with the people of Jammu and Kashmir, who have suffered decades of instability and disturbance because of NC. He asked for holding Assembly elections and restoration of Statehood as the situation remains peaceful.
Expressing dismay over the neglect of the tourism sector in Pir- Panjal, he accused the NC and PDP of not developing tourism in the region even as Rajouri – Poonch has huge potential.
“I assure the people of Poonch and Rajouri that if Zafar Iqbal Manhas gets elected to the Lok Sabha, we would try to get a sanction for the construction of two tunnels i.e., Dera Ki Gali and Peer Ki Gali on Mughal Road,” he added. Besides, he assured that the Party would try to get a separate Parliamentary seat for Rajouri – Poonch Districts as well as a separate Parliamentary seat for Anantnag.
Altaf Bukhari also assured that his Party would leave no stone unturned to get Hill Development Council, if the Party candidate, Zafar Iqbal Manhas gets elected to the Lok Sabha.
Vice President of the Party, Usman Majid, contesting candidate of Apni Party, Zafar Iqbal Manhas; Provincial President of Jammu, S Manjit Singh; District President, Poonch and ex-MLA Shah Mohammed Tantry also addressed the gathering.
Prominent among those who were present on the occasion included ex-MLA Faqir Nath, Arun Kumar Chibber, Raiz Aatish, Bashir Ahmed Khaki, Surjan Singh, and others.
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