Party to give new direction to youth: Bukhari
Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Nov 13: District president, Youth National Conference (YNC) Srinagar, Khalid Rathore, along with NC’s senior youth leader Parvez Ahmad Bhat joined Apni Party at its office here at Lal Chowk Srinagar.
The joining took place in presence of Apni Party president, Syed Mohammad Altaf Bukhari, State secretary and district president, Budgam Muntazir Mohi-ud-Din, district president, Srinagar, Noor Mohammad Sheikh, party provincial secretary, Haroon Rashid and party leader, Mushtaq Zuhami.
Besides, Rathore, those who joined Apni Party today included Imran Bhat block president Youth National Conference (YNC) Zadibal, Parvez Ahmad Bhat, senior youth leader, NC, Irfan Ahmad Sheikh from Alesteng Ganderbal with his associates—Shabir Ahmad Kambay, Mushtaq Ahmad Mir and Rashid Ahmad Rather.
Speaking on the occasion, Rathore said that he did not want to use the restoration of the special position of J&K just as a slogan to hoodwink the people. “I could not withstand this approach because my prime concern and goal is to serve my people with full honesty,” Rathore said.
He added that the decision of the National Conference (NC) to participate in the elections to District Development Council (DDC) was full of ambiguity and confusion. “National Conference and its allies have called for the restoration of Articles 35-1 and 370 but earlier this party had decided to boycott the ULB and Panchayat elections so as to safeguard these laws. This is totally confusing,” he remarked.
Censuring politics of double standards, Rathore said that the people of J&K deserve to be told truth about whatever achievable in terms of their socio-economic and political aspirations.
Addressing the ceremony, Apni Party president, Syed Mohammad Altaf Bukhari welcomed the new entrants saying that their joining will add to the strength of the Party on the grassroots level. “The joining of prominent youth leaders like Khalid Rathore indicates that youth have reposed trust in agenda and policies of Apni Party which believes in real empowerment of the people of J&K,” he added.
Bukhari hoped that the people of Jammu and Kashmir especially the youth will try to understand and comprehend the changing political realities and adopt them afresh for their better future.
“We should not let ourselves get consumed to political gimmickry and rhetoric. The youth are our future and Apni Party believes in their latent potential. We are trying our best to give them a new direction so that they are out from the political quagmire and uncertain livelihood opportunities,” Bukhari remarked.
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