Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Jan 25: Apni Party president Altaf Bukhari has demanded restoration of democratic system in the Jammu and Kashmir on the eve of Republic Day.
Chairing a Provincial level meeting of the Party leaders at Gandhi Nagar here today Bukhari reviewed the functioning of different wings of the Party and impressed upon all the leaders to launch mass outreach programme in every nook and corner of the Province. He expressed his satisfaction over the working of the leaders and different wings of the Party which are active in all the districts of Jammu Province.
He however, asked the leaders to launch coordinated public outreach programmes and meetings to make people aware about the policies and programmes of the Party. He lauded the role of the Party leaders of Jammu for highlighting the public issues and getting them resolved by the Govt.
Apni Party leader directed the Party functionaries to work shoulder to shoulder with the people of all the districts particularly in remote and rural areas of the Province and ensure their development related issues can be highlighted and resolved accordingly.
Expressing his concern over the bureaucratic setup which has led to the feeling of alienation among the people and poor developmental activities he said, “There is no alternative to an elected government in Jammu and Kashmir.”
“While the Republic Day is going to be celebrated tomorrow across the country, the Apni Party will also hoist the national flag at its office to mark the celebration on January 26,” he added.
He hoped that the Govt of India should declare restoration of democratic system by announcing assembly polls in J&K without further delay.
“The Govt should declare restoration of Statehood to J&K as well as assembly elections. The elections should not be delayed further,” he said while hoping for some positive development from the Government of India on Republic Day.
“On January 26, we are going to celebrate Republic Day like rest of the States and Union Territories of the Country and on this day, we expect restoration of our constitutional rights to elect our representatives as we are being deprived of our rights guaranteed by the Constitution of India,” he added.
The meeting was attended by all the office bearers and different wings of the party.
Prominent among those who attended the meeting include senior vice president, Ghulam Hassan Mir, general secretary Vikram Malhotra and Syed Asgar Ali, Provincial president, Manjit Singh, Provincial president Women Wing Namrta Sharma, vice president Jammu Province and Ex-MLA Faqir Nath, Provincial secretary Dr Rohit Gupta, Provincial secretary Aslam Malik, SC State Coordinator, Bodh Raj Bhagat, Trade Union State President Ajaz Kazmi, OBC State Coordinator, Madan Lal Chalotra, ST Wing State president Choudhary Saleem, Provincial president Legal Cell Vikram Rathore, Ex-servicemen wing coordinator, Kulwant Singh, organizing secretary Jammu Province, Shanker Singh Chib; District presidents Ex-MLA Kathua Prem Lal, Mohinder Parihar, Pushp Dev Uppal, Hans Raj Dogra; Youth Wing State vice president Raqeeq Ahmed Khan and others.
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