Peace utmost importance in J&K, way to progress: Bukhari

Apni Party leader Altaf Bukhari at public rally at Khanabal in anantnag on Monday. -Excelsior/Sajad Dar
Apni Party leader Altaf Bukhari at public rally at Khanabal in anantnag on Monday. -Excelsior/Sajad Dar

Excelsior Correspondent

SRINAGAR, July 25: Apni Party president Altaf Bukhari today said that the way people throng the party’s public rallies indicates that they are determined to be part of the realistic politics in Jammu and Kashmir.
Addressing a mega party convention at Khanabal in Anantnag today, Bukhari said that Apni Party will not let down the people of J&K as the party, unlike the conventional political parties, has set achievable goals to ensure a better future for the people, especially the youth.
“We will not disappoint you. Our policy and goals are unambiguous and attainable. We want sustained peace here so that people could reap its benefits in terms of their political and economic empowerment. A peaceful atmosphere in J&K will fetch us everything that matters to the people,” he added.

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“Above all, a peaceful atmosphere will ensure a safe and secure future for our young generation and the generations to come,” he claimed.
Condemning the deceitful politics of the conventional political parties and so-called leaders, Bukhari said, “People have suffered hugely due to the deceitful politics of the conventional political parties in J&K. They deliberately kept people busy with unachievable goals and emotional slogans during the past so many decades to remain in power. Their unrealistic politics and unattainable goals eventually brought miseries and deaths to this place and landed our youth either in jails or in the graveyards, “he added.
The Apni Party president explained how the traditional political parties kept people occupied with politics based on hatred and falsehood. He said, some of them promised that they will get autonomy and self-rule, some promised plebiscite and some Azadi. Did they fulfill their promises during all these years? In fact, they never meant what they kept saying to people. They only wanted to attain power and remain in power.
“We will make every effort to ensure the political rights of the people are restored here,” Bukhari claimed.
Prominent party leaders who were present on the occasion include Ghulam Hassan Mir, Rafi Ahmad Mir, Hilal Ahmad Shah, Abdul Majeed Padder, Abdul Rahim Rather, Nazir Ahmad Dialgami, Showkat Gayoor Andrabi, Tariq Ahmad Veeri and others.