Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Dec 25: Mohammad Shaban Chopan, who won the recently concluded District Development Council (DDC) elections from Harwan-VI in district Srinagar as an Independent candidate, today joined Apni Party at its office in Lal Chowk Srinagar.
The Apni Party had not fielded its own candidate from Harwan-VI and had instead extended its full support to him in the DDC elections.
The newly elected DDC member joined the Apni Party in presence of Party President Syed Mohammad Altaf Bukhari, Senior Vice President Ghulam Hassan Mir, Vice President Zaffar Iqbal Manhas, General Secretary Rafi Ahmad Mir, Provincial President Kashmir Mohammad Ashraf Mir, District President Srinagar Noor Mohammad Sheikh and Zone President Sonwar Mohammad Shafi Mir.
On this occasion, the Party leadership also felicitated the Party’s recently elected candidates Malik Aftab and Shabir Ahmad Reshi who won the DDC elections from Srinagar-III and Harwan-V respectively.
Speaking on the occasion, Apni Party President Syed Mohammad Altaf Bukhari exhorted on the elected DDC members of the party to work tirelessly for mitigation of sufferings of the people in their constituencies irrespective of their political or ideological affiliations.
“Srinagar City is the heart of Kashmir and you need to work hard to restore its pristine glory,” Bukhari remarked. He assured them of Party’s full support in ensuring a holistic development of their respective constituencies.