‘Pellet victims will receive Govt help’
Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, May 8: Apni Party president, Altaf Bukhari today said that the local residents should have the first right on the natural resources in Jammu and Kashmir.
Addressing elections rallies in Ganderbal and Kangan today, Apni Party leader pledged that his party will ensure that hundreds of victims who were showered with pellets during the PDP’s tenure in 2016, receive Government assistance for their lifetime.
Taking a dig at NC and PDP, Bukhari said that these parties never allowed democracy to flourish in J&K. “These dynastic parties never allowed democracy to flourish here during the past seventy years. Unfortunately, New Delhi also permitted these parties to establish autocracy under the guise of democracy,” he asserted.
“NC leadership for political gains went to the extent of even changing the very name of the party, originally from Muslim Conference to National Conference, solely to appease leaders in Delhi, who awarded them the government in J&K after 1947. However, in 1953, when NC’s government was dismissed, its leaders resorted to raising the slogan of ‘Raishumari’ to exert pressure on New Delhi. And when Delhi offered them the government back after 22 years, they happily buried their so-called ‘Raishumari’ movement even accepting the post of CM instead of PM, and happily aligned themselves with the Congress,” he said.
Lashing out at the PDP, he recalled, “When this party was established, its founder leader claimed that he believed in democratic values and was against family rule. However, upon his passing, he did not forget to pass the reins of the party to his daughter. In 2014 Assembly elections, the PDP sought votes from the people, promising that it would keep the BJP out of power. People trusted the party leaders and gave them mandate. However, to the utter shock to the public, they forged a coalition with the same BJP,” Bukhari recalled.
“During their three-year tenure hundreds of people, mostly children, were killed and thousands injured, including about seven hundred boys and girls with pellet injuries. The leader of the party even tried to justify these killings by remarking. Kya ye Bachay Chocolates aur Doodh Lene Niklay Thay, ” he added.
Apni Party leader appealed to the people to reject the traditional parties through the power of their votes and support party candidate Mohammad Ashraf Mir. Senior leaders Ashraf Mir, Raja Manzoor, Khalid Badana and Najeeb Naqvi also spoke on the occasion.
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