Excelsior Correspondent
BARAMULLA, Nov 24: The Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party president Altaf Bukhari today said the youth of Jammu and Kashmir have unfortunately been swayed by misleading slogans of political parties and annoyed with the present system.
Addressing a party campaign meeting in Baramulla, Bukhari observed that J&K’s youth are full of potential but they need to channelize their energy in a positive manner.
“Our youth seem genuinely indifferent and disenchanted with our present system, which has many loopholes. But isn’t it a fact that political parties across the political spectrum in J&K are also responsible for the begrudging behavior of our youth?” he asked.
Bukhari said that the fascinating slogans raised by the decades old political parties have pushed the youth to go to jails or to graveyards. He remarked the youth of J&K feel their aspirations are not secured and also the loop-holes in the system that have added to the unemployment ratio have instilled an aggressive and infuriated behavior among them.
JKAP leader said that the challenging task before the Apni Party was to prove itself as a reliable political platform among the competing narratives being offered as solutions to the problems of people in Jammu and Kashmir.
“Apni Party was launched at a time when other formidable political forums had intentionally or unintentionally kept mum over the political developments that changed the course of history in J&K. However, our party never shied away from saying the truth to our people and time has vindicated our stand. Now all other political parties who are in the fray are saying the same things which we said before eight months,” he observed.
Senior vice president Ghulam Hassan Mir said that the Apni Party’s agenda is based on the socio-economic and political empowerment of people of J&K. “Apni Party is fighting these DDC elections with parties who had boycotted the first two important tiers of Panchayats Raj election.
Senior leader Dilawar Mir appealed to the people to come forward and support Apni party candidates on the basis of their developmental agenda. “I am sure that you will judge our candidates by their accessibility and social work in their restive areas,” he added.
The convention was also addressed by Party’s spokesperson Javid Hassan Baig, district president Baramulla Shoaib Lone, senior members Yawar Mir, Fazal Mehmood Baig and some DDC contesting candidates.
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