Apni Party under reconstruction: Altaf Bukhari

STC NEWS DESK
SRINAGAR, JULY 02 (STC): After failing to win even a single seat in the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections held last year in October, Apni Party President Syed Mohammad Altaf Bukhari has disclosed that his party is undergoing a complete organisational revamp to emerge stronger across Jammu and Kashmir.
The Apni Party Chief stated this while talking exclusively to KNS. “The party structure from booth level to the district headquarters will be rebuilt within the next three months to ensure deeper grassroots engagement and a more robust public outreach,” Bukhari said as reported by KNS.
Commenting on restoration of statehood for Jammu and Kashmir, Bukhari said statehood is a constitutional right and not a favour.
“We don’t need anyone to tell us that statehood will come. We demand to know when it is coming and what your role will be. The Prime Minister and the Home Minister are not the property of any one party. They represent all of India, including Jammu and Kashmir,” Bukhari said.
Bukhari has also demanded release of Engineer Rashid and at the same time urged the central government to provide medical facilities to Shabir Ahmad Shah and Fayyaz Hameed. “Their health must be safeguarded as a matter of human rights,” he said.
Lashing out at the National Conference for what he called “unfulfilled and misleading promises,” Bukhari said free electricity and ration pledges were made just to score political points.
(STC)