Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Nov 20: Apni Party president Altaf Bukhari reiterated his party’s demand for the restoration of J&K’s statehood and the immediate holding of assembly elections.
Addressing party convention at South Kashmir’s Devsar town in Kulgam today, Bukhari said, Apni Party is committed to continue struggle for the restoration of J&K’s statehood. “I assure you that we will do everything to protect J&K’s Muslim-majority character.”
Bukhari also demanded holding of assembly elections in J&K without any more delay. “We know it as a matter of fact that the present administration in J&K does not consider public opinion on any administrative issue. Had this not been the case, we would have not seen the abrupt hike in the electricity tariff and frequent power breakdowns even in these harsh winter days,” Bukhari maintained.
He said providing sufficient power supply on reasonable tariffs should have been Govt’s priority, especially during the winters. The administration is supposed to give some relief to the people who have been grappling with the economic crises here; instead, they are being forced to pay the high prices even for the domestic use of electricity, he added.
Demanding assembly polls without any further delay, Bukhari said, as per the essence of democracy, people have the right to elect their own representatives to run the administrative affairs, and they should not be deprived of this constitutional right for a long time. He assured people that Apni Party will continue its struggle to ensure peace, prosperity and development of Jammu and Kashmir, and economic and political empowerment of its people.
He said after August 5, 2019 occurrences, when there was absolute chaos in entire Jammu and Kashmir, and people were apprehensive of demographic changes, Apni Party took initiative to meet Prime Minister and Home Minister in New Delhi to get an assurance that J&K people will have the sole ownership rights on the agricultural land and jobs here.
“You should not trust those who have failed you time and again in the past. They are the same people who have been misleading you for decades for their own political interests,” Bukhari said and assured people that Apni Party will never mislead them with emotional slogans and fake promises.
Prominent leaders who were present on this occasion included vice president Ghulam Hassan Mir, general secretary Rafi Ahmad Mir, Abdul Majeed Padder and Provincial president Mohd Ashraf Mir, Fayaz Ahmad Shah, Gull Mohd Tantray and others.
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