Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Sept 7: Apni Party president, Altaf Bukhari accused Kashmir’s political dynasties and the Congress party of deceiving the people of J&K for decades through their deceptive politics. He called on the people to reject the traditional politicians and their parties in the upcoming electoral processes to put an end to over seven decades of exploitation.
Bukhari was addressing the party’s workers’ convention at Verinag in South Kashmir, today. On this occasion, several political activists from the area joined Apni Party.
Taking a dig at the conventional political parties, Bukhari said that these parties have consistently deceived the people of Jammu and Kashmir through their political maneuvering and deceptive politics. “History bears witness to the fact that the Congress, which portrays itself as the well-wisher of the people of Jammu and Kashmir, has spared no effort to damage the interests of this region. It orchestrated the arrest of J&K’s Prime Minister through a police sub-inspector in 1953 and subsequently reinstated the deposed Prime Minister as Chief Minister in 1975, a move that eroded the sanctity of the highest office and downgraded the region’s constitutional status. Again, in 1983, the same Congress party removed the NC government. A few years later, in 1987, Congress joined hands with the same NC to rig the elections. This event eventually triggered a protracted phase of violence that led to the suffering of hundreds of thousands of young people, who either ended up in graveyards or in jails.”
“However, Congress could only engage in such political maneuvering and tactics with the support of traditional political parties, especially the National Conference, and their leaders,” he added.
He criticized the NC for its political deceptions and said, “NC has always befooled people with its deceptive political narratives in order to attain power and remain in power.”
“NC has always misled the people with its deceitful narratives and emotionally charged slogans in its quest for power. Firstly, its leader acceded to the country and seized power. After his ouster, his party launched a so-called ‘plebiscite movement’ to exploit public emotions. However, after 22 years, when the same party was offered power again, it abandoned its movement, claiming that the so-called movement was nothing more than aimless wandering. Its political gimmickry did not stop there but continued with slogans of ‘autonomy’ and so on. The party even attempted to convince people that it was protecting Article 370. However, now that this article has been abrogated, the same party and its leaders are trying to deceive the public by claiming that they will undo this abrogation.”
“Ironically, the NC is now joining hands with the Congress, whose leaders it had passed on derogatorily remarks. This exemplifies how the party changes its stance in the quest for power,” he added.
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