Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Oct 23: Apni Party president Altaf Bukhari said that peace and tranquility in Jammu and Kashmir is imperative for a better future to the young generation.
He said that the political narratives and emotional slogans that the traditional political parties have been promoting here over the years, have caused huge losses to J&K and its people. He was addressing a party convention at Manigam in Devsar area of south Kashmir’s Kulgam district today.
Claiming that Apni Party believes in the politics of truth and justice, Bukhari said, “We do not believe in the politics of lies and deception. We will always tell the truth to our people even if the truth is bitter. We cannot deceive our own people, especially the youth by promoting false promises and emotional slogans. We want a better future for our youth and for a better future, we need to ensure a peaceful environment here,” Bukhari added.
“Apni party’s key agenda is to work for the peace, prosperity and development in Jammu and Kashmir because people here have been suffering hugely for the past more than three decades. We have seen deaths and destruction here and we cannot afford to continue with the same situation, thus we need to ensure peaceful atmosphere here,” he maintained.
“New Delhi may or may not necessarily require peace in Jammu and Kashmir, but people are in dire need of restoration of peace because unless we have a peaceful atmosphere in J&K, we cannot have growth and development here,” Bukhari said.
Taking a dig at the traditional political parties, he said J&K’s traditional political parties and their leaders have been promoting and endorsing deceptive politics for their own political and personal gains during the past 75 years. They have been exploiting people, especially the youth by coining emotional slogans, which eventually caused death and destruction here. The deceptive narratives and emotional slogans have made thousands of youngsters land either in jails or in the graveyards.
He advised people not to fall prey to the same political narratives and emotional slogans anymore.
Prominent leaders who were present at the convention include, Ghulam Hassan Mir, Rafi Ahmad Mir, Abdul Majeed Padder, DDC Devsar Riyaz Ahmad Bhat, Gul Mohd Tantry, Bakhshi Abdul Hamid and others.
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