Former minister Altaf Bukhari launches ‘Jammu Kashmir Apni Party’
AMN / SRINAGAR
Finance Minister of the erstwhile J&K state Altaf Bukhari today launched a new political party, “Jammu Kashmir Apni Party”, inducting known faces from other groups including the People’s Democratic Party, PDP.
Bukhari, who represented the city’s Amirakadal constituency in the last Assembly Elections told MEDIA that his party would be different from other parties as it was not floated by families, an apparent reference to National Conference and PDP.
Several former ministers and legislators joined the new party. The prominent faces included former minister and PDP founding member Ghulam Hassan Mir, former minister and PDP general secretary Dilawar Mir and former ministers Chowdhary Zulfiqar Ahmad, Mohammad Ashraf Mir, Abdul Majeed Paddar, Aijaz Ahmad Khan and Usman Majeed besides former chief secretary and ex-NC MLC Vijay Bakaya.
The development assumes significance because this will be the first political activity in Jammu and Kashmir after the abrogation of Article 370.
